Orient, Maine is a small community of roughly 400 people located in Aroostook County. It is located near the Canada-US border and has a very rural feel. The town’s politics are centered around local issues such as education, infrastructure, and taxes. In recent years, the town of Orient has seen a push for sustainable growth and renewable energy projects to help the environment and create jobs. All decisions made by the local government are discussed at monthly town meetings where residents can voice their opinions and address any issues they may have. Every two years, local political candidates run for office in order to represent the needs and interests of their constituents. This election process helps ensure that all voices from within the community are heard and taken into consideration when making decisions about future policies or investments.
The political climate in Zip 04471 (Orient, ME) is moderately conservative.
Aroostook County, ME is moderately conservative. In Aroostook County, ME 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Aroostook county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.1% to 39.0%.
Aroostook county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04471 (Orient, ME) is moderately conservative.
Orient, Maine is moderately conservative.
Aroostook County, Maine is moderately conservative.
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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.
Orient, Maine: d d d d R R
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 04471 (Orient)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $2,027 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $290 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)