Rangeley Plantation, ME is a small town nestled in the state of Maine and home to many families and businesses. Though Rangeley Plantation is small in size, it is very active politically. Residents take part in local elections to help decide who will be representing them at the state level. The local political candidates from Rangeley Plantation often come from within the small community, giving residents a sense of representation that can’t be found anywhere else. These candidates work hard to ensure that all citizens have their needs met and strive to make their town an even better place to live.
The political climate in Rangeley Plantation, ME is somewhat conservative.
Franklin County, ME is leaning conservative. In Franklin County, ME 46.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained Republican, 50.3% to 46.4%.
Franklin county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rangeley Plantation, ME is somewhat conservative.
Franklin County, Maine 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.
Rangeley Plantation, 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 Rangeley Plantation, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $2,113 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $5,272 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $293 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)