The town of Berwick, ME (zip code 03901) is a small community in York County with an estimated population of 4,824. As a small town, it does not have its own local political candidates and the local politics are handled mostly at the county level. The York County Commissioners serve as the legislative body responsible for setting the county’s budget and enacting laws within their jurisdiction. Additionally, the York County Sheriff serves as part of the executive branch and is responsible for keeping law and order throughout the county. There are also several state representatives and senators from Maine who represent Berwick at both the state House of Representatives and Senate. All these elected officials work together to ensure that all of Berwick's citizens have access to quality services and resources necessary to live a healthy and successful life.
The political climate in Zip 03901 (Berwick, ME) is leaning liberal.
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 03901 (Berwick, ME) is leaning liberal.
Berwick, Maine is leaning liberal.
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.
Berwick, 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 03901 (Berwick)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 212 contributions totaling $23,869 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $2,275 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)