New Gloucester, ME (04260) is a small town located in Cumberland County, with a population of about 4,200 people. Its politics are largely centered around the town-level governance and decisions made by its Town Council. The Town Council consists of five elected members who meet regularly to set policies for the municipality, including budgets and services. Local elections are held every two years and all registered voters may cast their ballot to determine who will represent them on the Town Council. The current mayor of New Gloucester is Marti Smith, who has been serving since 2019. In addition to the Town Council, there are also a number of other local organizations that work to advocate for civic projects and initiatives, such as the New Gloucester Economic Development Committee and the Preservation Committee. As a small community, politics in New Gloucester heavily relies on citizen participation and volunteerism in order to make important decisions that will impact their town's future.
The political climate in Zip 04260 (New Gloucester, ME) is somewhat liberal.
Cumberland County, ME is very liberal. In Cumberland County, ME 66.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cumberland county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.5% to 30.8%.
Cumberland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04260 (New Gloucester, ME) is somewhat liberal.
New Gloucester, Maine is somewhat liberal.
Cumberland County, Maine is very 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.
New Gloucester, 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 04260 (New Gloucester)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 465 contributions totaling $24,724 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 96 contributions totaling $32,013 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $333 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)