The small town of Bridgton, ME (04009) has a long history of engaging in politics and local issues. While the population of Bridgton is a modest 5,000 people, the political climate is still important to the citizens living there. The town is served by two members on the Bridgton Board of Selectmen as well as several local committees who are responsible for advocating for the interests of their constituents. In addition, Bridgton’s representatives regularly attend state-level meetings to voice their opinions and concerns about legislative matters that affect them locally. Residents also have the opportunity to become involved in local campaigns by voting for their preferred candidates or even running for office themselves. As such, politics in 04009 Bridgton remains a vibrant and important part of life in this quaint Maine town.
The political climate in Zip 04009 (Bridgton, ME) is moderately liberal.
Cumberland County, ME is very liberal. In Cumberland County, ME 66.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cumberland county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.5% to 30.8%.
Cumberland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04009 (Bridgton, ME) is moderately liberal.
Bridgton, Maine is moderately liberal.
Cumberland County, Maine is very 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.
Bridgton, 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 04009 (Bridgton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 170 contributions totaling $5,134 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 142 contributions totaling $7,725 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)