Old Orchard Beach, ME (04064) is a town located in York County with a population of about 9,000 people. The local government consists of three selectboard members and an appointed town manager who provide leadership for the town. The current selectboard members are Paul Rochford, Michael Towle, and Mary-Anne Szeniawski. The town manager is Laurie Smith. Old Orchard Beach also has an active political scene, with many candidates running for office in recent elections. In the last election for Town Council, Alice Boissonneaut was voted in as the first female councilor in the history of Old Orchard Beach. She ran on a platform of economic development and infrastructure improvements to make Old Orchard Beach a better place to live and work. Additionally, there are other candidates who focus on issues like education reform and public safety efforts to ensure that Old Orchard Beach remains a safe community for its residents. Overall, the politics of 04064 Old Orchard Beach is full of energy and enthusiasm from its residents who want to see their town succeed and thrive.
The political climate in Zip 04064 (Old Orchard Beach, ME) is somewhat liberal.
York County, ME is somewhat liberal. In York County, ME 54.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, York county remained strongly Democratic, 54.9% to 42.3%.
York county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04064 (Old Orchard Beach, ME) is somewhat liberal.
Old Orchard Beach, Maine is somewhat liberal.
York County, Maine is somewhat 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.
Old Orchard Beach, 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 04064 (Old Orchard Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 251 contributions totaling $10,837 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 144 contributions totaling $15,512 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)