The small town of New Vineyard, ME (zip code 04956) is a rural community located in Franklin County. While the town may not be large in size, it still has a vibrant political landscape. The Town Meeting style of government is used in New Vineyard and all local elections are overseen by the Town Clerk. Every two years, the citizens of the town come together to vote on local issues that affect their daily lives, such as schools, roads, taxes, and public services. All of these decisions are made at the local level and citizens have a direct impact on their future. The town also has active non-partisan organizations that work to educate and engage the citizens on important political issues. From time to time, special election events are held with representatives from both sides of the aisle available to answer questions from voters. It's clear that while New Vineyard may be small in size, it still takes its politics seriously and strives to ensure that its citizens have a say in how their community is run.
The political climate in Zip 04956 (New Vineyard, 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 04956 (New Vineyard, ME) is somewhat conservative.
New Vineyard, 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 Vineyard, 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 04956 (New Vineyard)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $1,682 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $1,778 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)