East Millinocket, ME (04430) is a small town of roughly 2,500 residents located in Penobscot County. Despite its small size, the town has seen plenty of political activity over the years. At the local level, a mayor and selectboard of five members run the day-to-day operations of East Millinocket. This board is responsible for setting policies and managing resources such as budgets in order to provide essential services to residents of East Millinocket.
The town often sees spirited debates between local politicians on issues like taxes and public services, but the residents are always eager to hear from their leaders and stay informed about what is happening in their community. The current mayor and selectboard members are dedicated to keeping taxes low while also providing necessary services for the people of East Millinocket. Other important political topics including environmental protection, economic development, and education have been recently discussed as well.
The political climate in Zip 04430 (East Millinocket, ME) is leaning conservative.
Penobscot County, ME is somewhat conservative. In Penobscot County, ME 44.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Penobscot county remained moderately Republican, 52.6% to 44.2%.
Penobscot county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04430 (East Millinocket, ME) is leaning conservative.
East Millinocket, Maine is leaning conservative.
Penobscot County, Maine is somewhat conservative.
Bangor Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
East Millinocket, Maine: r 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 04430 (East Millinocket)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $740 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)