Stow, Maine is a small town located in the northern part of the state with a close-knit community. Its politics are guided by local initiatives and careful consideration of how decisions will affect the town’s future. Local political involvement is high, with residents actively participating in debates and issues that arise. Community members regularly attend Town Hall meetings to discuss important topics such as tax policy, school funding, fostering economic growth, and ensuring public safety. Residents of Stow also take an active role in choosing their representatives at a state and national level. In doing so, they have been able to ensure that their voice is heard and that their values are respected when it comes to the higher level decision-making that affects them.
The political climate in Stow, ME is moderately conservative.
Oxford County, ME is somewhat conservative. In Oxford County, ME 44.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oxford county remained moderately Republican, 52.8% to 44.1%.
Oxford county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stow, ME is moderately conservative.
Oxford County, Maine is somewhat 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.
Stow, 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 Stow, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 289 contributions totaling $25,527 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $24,541 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $472 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)