The small town of Alfred, ME 04002 has a long history in politics. The town is part of York County and the state House District 145. Representing Alfred in the house are Reps Beth O'Connor and Matthew Harrington. As a rural community, many of the decisions that impact Alfred are made at the county or state level. The population is diverse and includes both Democrats and Republicans, reflecting the values held by many of its residents. Local politics focuses on economic development, public safety, education, and environmental protection. Residents take great pride in their town and work to ensure a bright future for all.
The political climate in Zip 04002 (Alfred, ME) is leaning conservative.
York County, ME is somewhat liberal. In York County, ME 54.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, York county remained strongly Democratic, 54.9% to 42.3%.
York county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04002 (Alfred, ME) is leaning conservative.
Alfred, Maine is leaning conservative.
York County, Maine is somewhat liberal.
Portland-South Portland Metro Area is strongly liberal.
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.
Alfred, Maine: d d D D d D
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 04002 (Alfred)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 148 contributions totaling $3,656 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $16,502 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $660 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)