Eddington, ME is a small town of about 3,000 people located in Penobscot County. It is represented at the local level by members of the Penobscot County Commission. The commission is responsible for providing services to residents in areas such as public works, roads and bridges, law enforcement, and community and economic development. Politically, Eddington leans slightly conservative with an elected Mayor who is a Republican. Local politics within Eddington itself are mostly focused on local issues such as community development programs, police and fire protection services, and budget matters. Elected officials are primarily concerned with ensuring that their constituents receive the best possible services without increasing taxes or fees on citizens. As such, it is common for elections to be contested races between candidates that have varying ideas on how to approach these important issues.
The political climate in Zip 04428 (Eddington, ME) is somewhat 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 04428 (Eddington, ME) is somewhat conservative.
Eddington, Maine is somewhat 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.
Eddington, 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 04428 (Eddington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 64 contributions totaling $5,782 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)