Oakland, Maine is a small town located in the heart of Kennebec County. It has a population of about 1,850 people who are proud to call Oakland home. The local politics of Oakland are held by members of both the Democratic and Republican parties. It is governed by a Board of Selectmen which consists of three elected officials that serve three-year terms. These selectmen appoint other officials such as the Town Clerk, Tax Collector, and Road Commissioner to manage municipal affairs. In addition to these positions, there are several committees established at the local level ranging from Planning Board to Sewer Committee. Residents are encouraged to get involved in local politics by attending town meetings and voting in election cycles for their chosen political candidates.
The political climate in Zip 04963 (Oakland, ME) is leaning conservative.
Kennebec County, ME is leaning liberal. In Kennebec County, ME 48.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kennebec county flipped narrowly Democratic, 48.6% to 48.3%.
Kennebec county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04963 (Oakland, ME) is leaning conservative.
Oakland, Maine is leaning conservative.
Kennebec County, Maine is leaning liberal.
Augusta-Waterville Metro Area is leaning 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.
Oakland, Maine: D d D D r 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 04963 (Oakland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 241 contributions totaling $12,574 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 99 contributions totaling $31,244 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $316 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)