The politics of Lewiston, ME 04240 are largely dominated by the Democratic Party. This is due to the city's population being made up of people from various backgrounds, including a large immigrant community. In recent years, the city has seen an increase in political involvement and activism, as residents have become more engaged with issues such as affordable housing, education reform, and police reform. Local political candidates running for office in Lewiston typically come from both the Democratic and Republican Parties, but Democrats tend to have an advantage due to their larger voter base. Recent elections have also seen a surge in third party candidates, which is attributed to a growing dissatisfaction with the two-party system. Despite this trend, it appears that Democrats will continue to dominate politics in Lewiston for the foreseeable future.
The political climate in Zip 04240 (Lewiston, ME) is leaning liberal.
Androscoggin County, ME is leaning conservative. In Androscoggin County, ME 47.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Androscoggin county remained Republican, 49.9% to 47.0%.
Androscoggin county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04240 (Lewiston, ME) is leaning liberal.
Lewiston, Maine is leaning liberal.
Androscoggin County, Maine is leaning conservative.
Lewiston-Auburn Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Lewiston, 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 04240 (Lewiston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 907 contributions totaling $81,949 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 191 contributions totaling $31,889 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)