The politics in 04734 Blaine, ME are centered on the local government. The town elects a selectboard to oversee the day-to-day operations, as well as a wide variety of other elected officials such as a Town Clerk and Treasurer. Every year at Town Meeting, voters are asked to approve any changes in taxes or regulations that affect the local area. There is also an annual election held for selectboard members and other elected officials. Blaine has a long history of strong civic engagement, with large numbers of people turning out for both Town Meeting and elections each year. With its small population size, Blaine relies heavily on its citizens to be informed and involved in making decisions that impact their community.
The political climate in Zip 04734 (Blaine, ME) is moderately conservative.
Aroostook County, ME is moderately conservative. In Aroostook County, ME 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Aroostook county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.1% to 39.0%.
Aroostook county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04734 (Blaine, ME) is moderately conservative.
Blaine, Maine is moderately conservative.
Aroostook County, Maine is moderately 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.
Blaine, 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 04734 (Blaine)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)