Verona Island, ME is a small town located in the state of Maine. Politically, the town is predominantly conservative and the local elections are largely dominated by Republican candidates. The town's main focus is on fiscal responsibility, pro-business initiatives, and maintaining traditional values. In recent years, there has been an increased focus on environmental conservation and open dialogue between citizens and their elected officials. Verona Island takes pride in its neighborly atmosphere and regularly encourages discussion between residents about important issues facing the town. While many may disagree on how to best address these issues, what remains clear is the commitment to working together to find common ground while continuing to move the island forward.
The political climate in Verona Island, 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
Verona Island, 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.
Verona Island, 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 Verona Island, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 176 contributions totaling $4,161 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $5,536 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $198 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)