Biddeford, ME, a small city in York County, has an active local political landscape. The City Council is responsible for setting the priorities and goals of the city, and helping to ensure that these plans are implemented and maintained. While there is no specific information on current candidates or elections in Biddeford, Maine, it is evident that the people are engaged in the political process as evidenced by their frequent attendance at public meetings and forums. Important topics discussed include budgeting, infrastructure, education reform and economic development. Ultimately, citizens have an opportunity to voice their opinions through voting and participating in other forms of civic engagement.
The political climate in Zip 04006 (Biddeford, 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 04006 (Biddeford, ME) is leaning liberal.
Biddeford, 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.
Biddeford, 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 04006 (Biddeford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 200 contributions totaling $14,186 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $3,240 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $540 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)