04609 Bar Harbor, ME is a small town located in Hancock County. It has a rich history with a long-standing tradition of local politics. The town is served by an elected representative to the Maine House of Representatives who represents their interests in the state legislature. There are also several other elected positions held by local citizens, such as selectmen or school board members, that are responsible for making decisions that affect the community. These elected officials are entrusted to make decisions that will best benefit 04609 Bar Harbor, ME and its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 04609 (Bar Harbor, ME) is somewhat liberal.
Hancock County, ME is somewhat liberal. In Hancock County, ME 54.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hancock county remained strongly Democratic, 54.8% to 42.4%.
Hancock county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04609 (Bar Harbor, ME) is somewhat liberal.
Bar Harbor, Maine is somewhat liberal.
Hancock County, Maine is somewhat liberal.
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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.
Bar Harbor, 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 04609 (Bar Harbor)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,748 contributions totaling $117,662 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 57 contributions totaling $7,858 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)