Farmingdale, Maine (04344) is a small town in Kennebec County. The town has an elected mayor and select board to oversee the day-to-day operations of the community. The current mayor is Matt Randall, who was first elected in 2012 and has been reelected several times since then. The Select Board consists of five members, each elected by the residents of Farmingdale for three-year terms. Each year elections are held to decide who will lead the town for the following three years. In addition, residents may take part in special town meetings where they can vote on major issues which affect their local government. Farmingdale is proud of its history and takes great pride in its local political process, ensuring that all voices are heard and respected.
The political climate in Zip 04344 (Farmingdale, ME) is leaning conservative.
Kennebec County, ME is leaning liberal. In Kennebec County, ME 48.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kennebec county flipped narrowly Democratic, 48.6% to 48.3%.
Kennebec county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04344 (Farmingdale, ME) is leaning conservative.
Farmingdale, Maine is leaning conservative.
Kennebec County, Maine is leaning liberal.
Augusta-Waterville Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Farmingdale, Maine: D d D D r 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 04344 (Farmingdale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 268 contributions totaling $6,109 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $169 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)