Orrs Island, ME is a small island town located off the coast of Maine. Located within Cumberland County, the town has a population of about 350 people and is primarily residential with a few small businesses and organizations. Politically, the town is generally quite conservative leaning and as such has traditionally voted for Republican candidates in both local and state elections. However, more recently there has been an increase in voter turnout for Democratic candidates in certain elections, reflecting the changing political climate in Orrs Island. Local political representatives are largely elected from the Republican party in Orrs Island, although several independent candidates have made their way onto ballots in recent years. With each election cycle, voters continue to weigh their options carefully and make informed decisions on who will best represent them at the local level.
The political climate in Zip 04066 (Orrs Island, 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 04066 (Orrs Island, ME) is moderately liberal.
Orrs Island, 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.
Orrs Island, 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 04066 (Orrs Island)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 357 contributions totaling $25,099 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $3,205 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)