The small town of 04691 Whiting, Maine is a beautiful and peaceful place of just over 200 inhabitants, and is home to many friendly and welcoming locals. In recent years, the town has seen little in terms of political involvement or engagement. Although there have been no local political candidates put forward recently, the community takes part in larger state-wide elections with enthusiasm. While politics is not a major topic for discussion within the town, there are still plenty of individuals passionate about their beliefs and causes. Residents regularly participate in rallies and meetings to show their support for a variety of issues that they feel strongly about. The people of 04691 Whiting, Maine value their quiet lives but also have strong political opinions that guide them in deciding how they want to see their country progress.
The political climate in Zip 04691 (Whiting, ME) is moderately conservative.
Washington County, ME is moderately conservative. In Washington County, ME 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained very strongly Republican, 58.7% to 39.0%.
Washington county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04691 (Whiting, ME) is moderately conservative.
Whiting, Maine is moderately conservative.
Washington 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.
Whiting, Maine: r r 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 04691 (Whiting)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $822 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)