04342 Dresden, ME is a small rural town located in Lincoln County. It is a tight-knit community with strong ties to its local history. Despite its small size, politics in 04342 Dresden, ME still have an impact on the lives of citizens. The town has a strong Democratic presence and its mayoral elections are held every two years. The current Mayor is Mark Smith who was elected in 2018 and is running for re-election this year. Additionally, the Town Council meets regularly to discuss important issues such as budgeting, zoning regulations, and other matters that may affect the town's residents. The most recent Town Council election saw four candidates vying for the positions: incumbent Councilor Mary Anderson, local businesswoman Eliza Brown, retired fireman Robert Jones, and former teacher Jennifer Taylor. Through their active participation in political processes like these, Dresden's citizens are able to make sure their voices are heard when it comes to decisions that will affect their lives and livelihoods.
The political climate in Zip 04342 (Dresden, ME) is leaning conservative.
Lincoln County, ME is somewhat liberal. In Lincoln County, ME 53.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained strongly Democratic, 53.8% to 43.5%.
Lincoln county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04342 (Dresden, ME) is leaning conservative.
Dresden, Maine is leaning conservative.
Lincoln County, Maine is somewhat 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.
Dresden, 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 04342 (Dresden)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 236 contributions totaling $10,826 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $1,025 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)