The small town of 04554 New Harbor, ME is a quiet and peaceful community, without much political activity or involvement. Although there are local elections for various roles, such as the mayor and city council members every four years, candidates do not typically make a big impression on the population. The people of 04554 New Harbor tend to vote in accordance with their own beliefs rather than following any individual candidate, keeping the atmosphere largely nonpartisan. Consequently, conversations about politics are usually limited and civil in nature. In addition to this lack of political engagement from the population itself, many citizens feel that their voices are not heard when it comes to matters affecting them directly within the community. Overall, politics in 04554 New Harbor remains quite low-key and uninvolved compared to other towns and cities across Maine.
The political climate in Zip 04554 (New Harbor, ME) is leaning liberal.
Lincoln County, ME is somewhat liberal. In Lincoln County, ME 53.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained strongly Democratic, 53.8% to 43.5%.
Lincoln county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04554 (New Harbor, ME) is leaning liberal.
New Harbor, Maine is leaning liberal.
Lincoln County, Maine is somewhat liberal.
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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.
New Harbor, Maine: r 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 04554 (New Harbor)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 96 contributions totaling $5,432 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $1,945 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)