Brownville, ME is an idyllic small town nestled in the rolling hills of Maine. Despite its small size, it still has a vibrant political landscape with many different levels of government at work. At the local level, Brownville residents are represented by their Board of Selectmen and Town Council. The Board of Selectmen is responsible for setting policy and establishing ordinances while the Town Council handles budgets and day-to-day operations. Additionally, Brownville has its own Planning Board which helps ensure that development and growth happens in accordance to local regulations. At the state level, Brownville is represented by State Representatives who uphold laws related to tax rates and other important issues affecting the community as a whole. Aside from state representation, Brownville also elects members of Congress to represent them on the federal level when necessary.
The political climate in Zip 04414 (Brownville, ME) is moderately conservative.
Piscataquis County, ME is strongly conservative. In Piscataquis County, ME 35.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Piscataquis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.0% to 35.5%.
Piscataquis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04414 (Brownville, ME) is moderately conservative.
Brownville, Maine is moderately conservative.
Piscataquis County, Maine is strongly 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.
Brownville, Maine: R r r r 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 04414 (Brownville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $159 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,845 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)