Hartland, ME (zip code 04943) is a small town in Somerset County, Maine. It has a largely rural population and is known for its picturesque scenery and close knit community. Despite its small size, the town still takes politics seriously, and many of the residents are highly involved in local politics. Hartland is represented in the Maine House of Representatives by Democrat Jeff McCabe from Skowhegan. He was elected in 2018 and serves as the Assistant Majority Leader on the House floor. Residents also have access to their local government through Town Meetings where issues such as taxes, roads, schools, and budgets can be discussed and voted on by citizens directly. In addition to McCabe’s representation at the state level, Hartland residents are also represented at the federal level by Representative Chellie Pingree who was first elected in 2008. Politics play an important role in Hartland’s culture with active participation from all corners of the town.
The political climate in Zip 04943 (Hartland, ME) is moderately conservative.
Somerset County, ME is moderately conservative. In Somerset County, ME 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Somerset county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.4% to 37.0%.
Somerset county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04943 (Hartland, ME) is moderately conservative.
Hartland, Maine is moderately conservative.
Somerset County, Maine is moderately 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.
Hartland, 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 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 zip 04943 (Hartland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $134 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $410 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $205 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)