Rockland, ME is a small city located on the coast of Maine with a population of just over 7,000 people. Despite its small size, Rockland has a vibrant political scene with plenty of local issues and candidates to keep track of. The city's politics are mainly focused around issues related to fishing and other industries related to the harbor. The local elections often see candidates from both major political parties vying for office in order to best represent Rockland's interests in government. In addition to local elections, Rockland also participates in state and national politics as its residents are active members of both the Democratic and Republican Parties. Overall, the politics in Rockland are quite diverse and always provide interesting dialogue for those who take part in them.
The political climate in Rockland, ME is somewhat liberal.
Knox County, ME is moderately liberal. In Knox County, ME 58.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Knox county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.7% to 38.8%.
Knox county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rockland, ME is somewhat liberal.
Knox County, Maine is moderately 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.
Rockland, 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 Rockland, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 832 contributions totaling $65,447 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 78 contributions totaling $25,849 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $331 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)