Otis, Maine is a small town of about 1,000 people located in Lincoln County. It is a tight-knit community with a strong sense of local pride and involvement in politics. Many residents take an active role in the local political scene, voicing their opinions on issues that affect them. There have been several local initiatives over the years to bring new jobs and opportunities to the area. Recently, there has been a push to create new affordable housing developments and improve access to public transportation for Otis residents. The local government works hard to listen to their constituents’ needs and ensure that everyone’s voices are heard during decision making processes. Although Otis does not have any officially elected politicians at this time, many of its citizens are eager to get involved in their local politics and make positive changes within the community.
The political climate in Otis, ME is leaning conservative.
Hancock County, ME is somewhat liberal. In Hancock County, ME 54.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hancock county remained strongly Democratic, 54.8% to 42.4%.
Hancock county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Otis, ME is leaning conservative.
Hancock County, Maine is somewhat liberal.
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.
Otis, Maine: d D D D d D
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 Otis, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 864 contributions totaling $63,804 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 218 contributions totaling $64,319 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $295 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)