Abbot, Maine is located in the rural western part of the state and is home to a small population of approximately 1,000 residents. The town has an active political climate and is governed by a three-member Board of Selectmen, which are elected for three-year terms. They are responsible for setting budgeting policies and tax rates, as well as general decision making for the town. The local government also includes the Town Office, Advisory Budget Committee, Planning Board, Fire Department and Public Works Department. Abbot also participates in elections for state and national representation with its citizens participating in their local caucuses to determine the best candidates from each party who will then go on to appear on the ballot for election day. Overall, Abbot residents take an active role in politics and strive to make sure their voices are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 04406 (Abbot, ME) is strongly conservative.
Piscataquis County, ME is strongly conservative. In Piscataquis County, ME 35.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Piscataquis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.0% to 35.5%.
Piscataquis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04406 (Abbot, ME) is strongly conservative.
Abbot, Maine is strongly conservative.
Piscataquis County, Maine is strongly 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.
Abbot, Maine: R r r r 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 04406 (Abbot)
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 3 contributions totaling $170 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)