The town of Guilford, Maine (04443) is located in Piscataquis County and has a rich history rooted in its early settlement. Politically, the town has been strongly Republican since it was first incorporated in 1815. With the Republican party having held a majority vote in each successive election, it remains an important bastion for conservative politics. In recent years, the town has seen increased political engagement, with local citizens taking an active role in their community’s political process. Several candidates have emerged to represent the constituency of Guilford during election season. Notable among them are Samuel Gilman who is running for State Senate and Joan Beal who is running for State Representative this year. The residents of Guilford take pride in their small-town ideals and actively support candidates who share these values.
The political climate in Zip 04443 (Guilford, ME) is strongly conservative.
Piscataquis County, ME is strongly conservative. In Piscataquis County, ME 35.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Piscataquis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.0% to 35.5%.
Piscataquis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04443 (Guilford, ME) is strongly conservative.
Guilford, Maine is strongly conservative.
Piscataquis County, Maine is strongly 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.
Guilford, Maine: R r r r 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 04443 (Guilford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $458 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $1,105 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)