Politics in 04921 Brooks, ME are heavily influenced by the local government. The town is governed by three elected officials, a Select Board member, a Town Clerk, and a Treasurer. The Select Board is responsible for setting budgets, approving municipal ordinances and regulations, and managing town affairs. The Town Clerk is responsible for keeping records of all meetings and elections, issuing licenses and permits, and performing other administrative tasks. The Treasurer is responsible for collecting taxes and managing finances. All three roles are important to the successful functioning of the community government in Brooks. Local citizens are encouraged to take part in the democratic process by attending town meetings or voting on local issues in order to shape the direction of their town’s future.
The political climate in Zip 04921 (Brooks, ME) is leaning conservative.
Waldo County, ME is leaning liberal. In Waldo County, ME 50.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Waldo county remained Democratic, 50.8% to 46.0%.
Waldo county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04921 (Brooks, ME) is leaning conservative.
Brooks, Maine is leaning conservative.
Waldo County, Maine is leaning liberal.
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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.
Brooks, Maine: r 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 04921 (Brooks)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 81 contributions totaling $2,082 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $752 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)