Hollis Center, ME (04042) is a small town of approximately 1,700 people located in York County. The town is governed by a Board of Selectmen, which serves as the legislative body and oversees the town's budgeting and policy making. Local elections for members of this board are held every two years. In addition to the Board of Selectmen, Elected Town Meeting Members serve as representatives in local government and are responsible for approving budget requests and implementing laws passed by the board. The Town Manager is appointed by the board to manage Hollis Center's day-to-day operations. Hollis Center also has an active Police Department with a Chief chosen by the Board of Selectmen. Overall, Hollis Center is an involved community with residents who care deeply about their town's future and are actively engaged in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 04042 (Hollis Center, ME) is leaning conservative.
York County, ME is somewhat liberal. In York County, ME 54.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, York county remained strongly Democratic, 54.9% to 42.3%.
York county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04042 (Hollis Center, ME) is leaning conservative.
Hollis Center, Maine is leaning conservative.
York County, Maine is somewhat 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.
Hollis Center, 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 04042 (Hollis Center)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 192 contributions totaling $7,799 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $2,327 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $259 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)