Lake Arrowhead, Maine is a small, rural town located in the western part of the state. It has a government that consists of town representatives, who are all elected officials. These representatives serve the interests of the people in Lake Arrowhead by implementing laws and regulations that benefit the community. The representatives also represent Lake Arrowhead on a larger scale, advocating for their constituents at regional and state levels. In addition to elected officials, various appointed boards and committees assist with the day-to-day operations of Lake Arrowhead’s government. These boards and committees are tasked with providing input on decisions that are relevant to the local community as well as helping to identify any issues that may arise. Through this collaborative effort, Lake Arrowhead is able to best serve its population and remain an important part of Maine's landscape.
The political climate in Zip 04061 (Lake Arrowhead, 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 04061 (Lake Arrowhead, ME) is leaning liberal.
Lake Arrowhead, 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.
Lake Arrowhead, 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 04061 (Lake Arrowhead)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 279 contributions totaling $6,494 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)