The small town of Andover, ME (04216) has a population of around 1400 people. It is governed by a Board of Selectmen, Town Manager, and other officials. The town is divided up into three distinct voting wards and each ward's residents elect a selectman to represent them on the Board of Selectmen. Elections are held in November every odd-numbered year for selectmen positions. Additionally, the town also holds an annual Town Meeting in March where all registered voters can participate and debate local issues such as taxation levels, infrastructure investments, and other topics that affect their community. Furthermore, there are various committees that are responsible for managing different aspects of the town’s operations including Budget Committee, Planning Board, Economic Development Committee, and more. All of these entities work together to create positive changes and improvements for the people who live in 04216 Andover, ME.
The political climate in Zip 04216 (Andover, ME) is somewhat conservative.
Oxford County, ME is somewhat conservative. In Oxford County, ME 44.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oxford county remained moderately Republican, 52.8% to 44.1%.
Oxford county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04216 (Andover, ME) is somewhat conservative.
Andover, Maine is somewhat conservative.
Oxford County, Maine is somewhat 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.
Andover, 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 04216 (Andover)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 32 contributions totaling $1,253 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $2,740 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,370 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)