Piscataquis County, Maine is located in the state's north-central region and is home to a diverse population of people. Politically, the county is represented by several elected officials in local, state and federal government positions. The county is part of the Maine House of Representatives, with two representatives serving the area. At the state level, Piscataquis County is represented by Senator Russell Black and Representative Paul Davis who serve on various Senate committees such as Education & Cultural Affairs, Judiciary, and Transportation. At the federal level, Piscataquis County is represented by Senator Angus King in Washington D.C.. All of these offices are responsible for making sure that residents receive the services they need from their local government while advocating for positive change in their community. Additionally, Piscataquis County provides numerous opportunities for citizens to become involved in local politics through participating in local elections or attending public meetings held by their representatives and senators.
The political climate in Piscataquis County, ME is strongly conservative.
In Piscataquis County, ME 35.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Piscataquis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.0% to 35.5%.
Piscataquis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Piscataquis County, ME is strongly conservative.
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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.
Piscataquis, Maine: R r r r 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Piscataquis County, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 278 contributions totaling $13,106 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 156 contributions totaling $17,660 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)