Located in Aroostook County, the small town of Island Falls, ME 04747 is governed by an elected Board of Selectmen composed of three members who serve two-year terms. In addition to the board, the town operates with a Town Manager and an Administrative Assistant. Each fall, residents have the opportunity to vote for selectmen and other offices that are up for election. The politics in Island Falls are centered around providing the best services possible to its citizens while being mindful of fiscal responsibility. Residents actively take part in local elections as they recognize that their votes and voices can make a difference in their community.
The political climate in Zip 04747 (Island Falls, ME) is moderately conservative.
Aroostook County, ME is moderately conservative. In Aroostook County, ME 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Aroostook county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.1% to 39.0%.
Aroostook county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04747 (Island Falls, ME) is moderately conservative.
Island Falls, Maine is moderately conservative.
Aroostook 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.
Island Falls, 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 04747 (Island Falls)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $2,100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,000 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)