Jay, Maine is a small town located in the western part of the state. With a population of around 800 people, Jay is a close-knit rural community with strong ties to local politics. The town is served by the Maine House of Representatives’ District 126, which has been represented by Republican Amy Volk since 2014. In 2019, she was re-elected to serve another two-year term. Additionally, Jay voters are represented by Senator Stacey Guerin for Maine Senate District 26; she was first elected in 2018 and will serve until 2022. Both representatives prioritize local issues such as providing access to quality healthcare and supporting public education in Jay schools. They work alongside local community leaders to ensure that the needs of the townspeople are met on all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 04239 (Jay, ME) is somewhat conservative.
Franklin County, ME is leaning conservative. In Franklin County, ME 46.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained Republican, 50.3% to 46.4%.
Franklin county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04239 (Jay, ME) is somewhat conservative.
Jay, Maine is somewhat conservative.
Franklin County, Maine is leaning 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.
Jay, 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 04239 (Jay)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 81 contributions totaling $3,687 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $645 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)