The small town of Belgrade Lakes, Maine, located in Kennebec County, has a population of about 1,700 people. It is a close-knit community that relies heavily on both local and statewide politics to promote positive change and progress. Local leaders, including town councilors, school board members, and members of the Board of Selectmen are regularly elected to serve their townsfolk. These politicians continue to stay up-to-date on current events and continually work hard for the betterment of their community. Statewide politics also play an important role in Belgrade Lakes; as such, residents have the opportunity to get involved with various state campaigns and organizations as well as local projects. The politics in Belgrade Lakes are ever changing but always striving for the betterment of its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 04918 (Belgrade Lakes, ME) is leaning conservative.
Kennebec County, ME is leaning liberal. In Kennebec County, ME 48.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kennebec county flipped narrowly Democratic, 48.6% to 48.3%.
Kennebec county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04918 (Belgrade Lakes, ME) is leaning conservative.
Belgrade Lakes, Maine is leaning conservative.
Kennebec County, Maine is leaning liberal.
Augusta-Waterville Metro Area is leaning 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.
Belgrade Lakes, Maine: D d D D r 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 04918 (Belgrade Lakes)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,647 contributions totaling $29,443 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $6,086 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $468 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)