North Yarmouth, ME (04097) is a small town located in Cumberland County. The town is administered by the North Yarmouth Board of Selectmen and Town Meeting. The most recent elections were held in June 2019 and saw three positions on the Board of Selectmen filled with incumbent candidates running unopposed. The Town Meeting is made up of elected representatives from each voting district in North Yarmouth. These representatives meet twice a year to discuss issues such as the budget, taxes, local ordinances, and other important decisions affecting the town. In addition to the Board of Selectmen and Town Meeting, North Yarmouth also has an active political scene within Cumberland County with several local candidates competing for county offices. Currently there are no state or federal offices in North Yarmouth but residents still take part in politics at all levels within Maine and beyond.
The political climate in Zip 04097 (North Yarmouth, ME) is moderately 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 04097 (North Yarmouth, ME) is moderately liberal.
North Yarmouth, Maine is moderately 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.
North Yarmouth, 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 04097 (North Yarmouth)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 378 contributions totaling $83,037 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $220 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 142 contributions totaling $74,101 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $522 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)