Portland, ME 04109 is the largest and most populous city in Maine. The city is served by a mayor-council form of government, directed by an elected mayor and nine-member City Council. The current Mayor of Portland, Kate Snyder, was elected in 2018 and is the first woman to be chosen for the position. Under her leadership, Portland has been working to tackle issues such as affordable housing, economic development and climate change. Additionally, she has been actively engaging with Portland residents in order to ensure they are heard and respected in the political process. Through close collaboration with the City Council and other stakeholders, Mayor Snyder is working to ensure that Portland remains a vibrant and thriving city for all its residents.
The political climate in Zip 04109 (Portland, 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 04109 (Portland, ME) is moderately liberal.
Portland, 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.
Portland, 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 04109 (Portland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $7,459 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $1,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $600 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)