Poland, Maine is a small town located in the state of Maine. It has a rich history and culture, with many people still living in the historic buildings that have been around since the 19th century. Despite its small size, Poland, Maine is an important part of local politics. The town's government is made up of five selectmen representing different areas of the community. The board makes decisions about budgeting, public works projects, zoning regulations, and other matters that impact the lives of residents. Residents have a say in what goes on as they can attend meetings or even vote for their representatives on election day. Poland also holds local elections every two years, giving citizens the opportunity to make their voices heard in who will represent them in government.
The political climate in Poland, ME is somewhat conservative.
Androscoggin County, ME is leaning conservative. In Androscoggin County, ME 47.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Androscoggin county remained Republican, 49.9% to 47.0%.
Androscoggin county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Poland, ME is somewhat conservative.
Androscoggin County, Maine is leaning conservative.
Lewiston-Auburn Metro Area is leaning 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.
Poland, 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 Poland, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 46 contributions totaling $2,914 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 53 contributions totaling $16,302 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $308 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)