Politics in 04955 New Sharon, ME is largely dominated by the Maine Democratic Party. As a small rural town located in Franklin County, New Sharon is home to a diverse population that includes people from a variety of backgrounds and political ideologies. While local politics are certainly important to the citizens of New Sharon, the state party dominates elections and legislation at all levels. The state's Democratic governor, Janet Mills, has pushed for progressive policies that focus on environmental protection and economic development. In addition, representatives from the Maine legislature have worked closely with Governor Mills to expand Medicaid coverage and increase funding for public education. At the local level, New Sharon elects members to its Town Council every two years who represent various interests within the community. The council works closely with other governing bodies throughout Franklin County to ensure that citizens receive quality services such as garbage collection, road maintenance, and law enforcement.
The political climate in Zip 04955 (New Sharon, ME) is somewhat conservative.
Franklin County, ME is leaning conservative. In Franklin County, ME 46.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained Republican, 50.3% to 46.4%.
Franklin county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04955 (New Sharon, ME) is somewhat conservative.
New Sharon, Maine is somewhat conservative.
Franklin County, Maine is leaning 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.
New Sharon, 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 04955 (New Sharon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $530 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $1,177 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)