In Harpswell, ME (04079), the politics are led by a select board of five members elected by town residents. They manage and oversee a variety of municipal matters such as budgeting, land use regulations, assessing property taxes, and ensuring public safety. The board also offers guidance to municipal employees and works with state and county agencies on matters related to the town’s political interests. The local government also works with the community to facilitate public discussions around citywide initiatives and projects. Additionally, there are numerous organizations in the area that work on behalf of citizens to lobby for their interests at both the local and state level. Overall, political engagement is highly valued in the Harpswell community as residents strive to work together to ensure town prosperity.
The political climate in Zip 04079 (Harpswell, ME) is moderately liberal.
Cumberland County, ME is very liberal. In Cumberland County, ME 66.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cumberland county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.5% to 30.8%.
Cumberland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04079 (Harpswell, ME) is moderately liberal.
Harpswell, Maine is moderately liberal.
Cumberland County, Maine is very liberal.
Portland-South Portland Metro Area is strongly 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.
Harpswell, Maine: D D D D D 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 04079 (Harpswell)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 808 contributions totaling $80,364 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $5,297 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)