New Canada, ME is a small town located in the northern part of the state. Despite its size, it has a robust political landscape and is home to an active community of citizens dedicated to protecting the interests of their town. Local politics primarily focus on fostering a healthy economic environment through advocating for local businesses and preserving open spaces for recreation. During election season, residents come together to debate different candidates and policies that could potentially benefit their community. As such, New Canada, ME values civic engagement amongst its citizens and takes great pride in holding transparent elections that provide all residents with an opportunity to participate in the democratic process.
The political climate in New Canada, ME is moderately conservative.
Aroostook County, ME is moderately conservative. In Aroostook County, ME 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Aroostook county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.1% to 39.0%.
Aroostook county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Canada, ME is moderately conservative.
Aroostook County, Maine is moderately conservative.
Maine is somewhat liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
New Canada, Maine: d d d d R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in New Canada, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 39 contributions totaling $2,369 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $950 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $317 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)