Phillips, ME (04966) is a small town located in the western part of Maine with a population of just over 800 people. Though it is small in size, Phillips has a strong political presence and is home to many different political organizations. The town holds regular elections for city council members as well as school board members, who are responsible for making decisions that affect the daily lives of Phillips’ citizens. Additionally, Phillips is an important polling location during statewide and national elections. Residents of Phillips are passionate about politics and take their responsibility to vote seriously. During election season, the streets of Phillips are filled with signs supporting candidates from both sides of the aisle, illustrating the diversity and vibrancy of politics in Phillips’ community.
The political climate in Zip 04966 (Phillips, ME) is somewhat conservative.
Franklin County, ME is leaning conservative. In Franklin County, ME 46.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained Republican, 50.3% to 46.4%.
Franklin county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04966 (Phillips, ME) is somewhat conservative.
Phillips, Maine is somewhat conservative.
Franklin County, Maine is leaning conservative.
Not Found Metro Area is 0.
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.
Phillips, 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 04966 (Phillips)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 69 contributions totaling $2,600 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $7,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $833 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)