The politics in 04282 Turner, ME is mainly influenced by local government. The town of Turner is part of the Androscoggin County and State government. The current mayor of Turner is Linda Chase. There are other local representatives who serve on the Board of Selectmen, Planning Board, and other governing bodies to help create laws and regulations that benefit the residents of Turner. All local candidates for office are elected by the citizens of Turner every two years in a general election. Local campaigns focus on issues such as economic development, public safety, education initiatives, road maintenance, environmental protection, and more. Citizens have several opportunities throughout the year to participate in town meetings to discuss these issues and make decisions that will impact the future of their community.
The political climate in Zip 04282 (Turner, ME) is somewhat conservative.
Androscoggin County, ME is leaning conservative. In Androscoggin County, ME 47.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Androscoggin county remained Republican, 49.9% to 47.0%.
Androscoggin county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04282 (Turner, ME) is somewhat conservative.
Turner, Maine is somewhat conservative.
Androscoggin County, Maine is leaning conservative.
Lewiston-Auburn Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Turner, 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 04282 (Turner)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 49 contributions totaling $1,900 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $2,930 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)