The town of 04742 Fort Fairfield, ME is a small rural community located in Aroostook County. It has an estimated population of 2,724 people. Although it is a small town, its residents take politics very seriously and are actively engaged in the electoral process. The Mayor of Fort Fairfield is Jonathan Nevins who was first elected in 2013 and re-elected to a second term in 2017. He serves on the Town Council alongside Councilor Ralph King, Councilor Charles “Chuck” Jacques, Councilor Joseph Guptill, and Councilor Mark Girouard. Local elections are held every two years for mayor and councilors. This year's election will be held on June 8th with the candidates running for office including incumbent Mayor Nevins, Samuel Paul Crocker for Mayor, and incumbent councilors King, Jacques, Guptill, Girouard as well as Christopher Ouellette who is running for Town Councilor for District 2. Residents of 04742 Fort Fairfield are encouraged to get out and vote this June to help shape the political landscape of their town.
The political climate in Zip 04742 (Fort Fairfield, 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 04742 (Fort Fairfield, ME) is moderately conservative.
Fort Fairfield, 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.
Fort Fairfield, 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 04742 (Fort Fairfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 314 contributions totaling $3,151 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $10 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $1,262 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)