Kittery, Maine (03904) is a coastal town located in York County. Although Kittery is an unincorporated area and does not have its own government, it is under the umbrella of the Town of Kittery which oversees local politics. The Town of Kittery’s Board of Selectmen are responsible for making policy decisions that affect the local residents. Recently, the board has passed a number of laws regarding housing, land use and other issues facing the area. Currently, there are two candidates running for Town of Kittery Board of Selectman: Richard J. Welch and Jeffrey A. Pelletier. Both candidates have long histories in public service in Kittery and both have shared their ideas on how to move the town forward in terms of economic growth and civic engagement.
The political climate in Zip 03904 (Kittery, ME) is leaning liberal.
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 03904 (Kittery, ME) is leaning liberal.
Kittery, Maine is leaning liberal.
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.
Kittery, 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 03904 (Kittery)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 993 contributions totaling $55,308 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 77 contributions totaling $15,736 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $204 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)