The small town of Easton, ME (zip code 04740) is a rural community located in Washington County. Easton has a relatively low population and is governed by the Board of Selectmen, who are elected to serve 4-year terms. The board consists of five members and meets twice a month on the first and third Monday night. The town also holds an annual Town Meeting each March to discuss items such as appropriations, zoning regulations, and changes in the town's ordinances. Residents of Easton have the opportunity to get involved in local politics by running for office or attending Town Meetings. This allows them to directly impact decisions that may affect their lives. Additionally, town elections for Board of Selectmen members occur every two years with popular candidates typically running unopposed. This ensures that residents have an active role in making decisions that will benefit their community and its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 04740 (Easton, ME) is moderately conservative.
Aroostook County, ME is moderately conservative. In Aroostook County, ME 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Aroostook county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.1% to 39.0%.
Aroostook county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04740 (Easton, ME) is moderately conservative.
Easton, Maine is moderately conservative.
Aroostook County, Maine is moderately 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.
Easton, Maine: d 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 04740 (Easton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $91 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)