Princeton, ME 04668 is a small rural town with a population of just under 500 people. The local political landscape is dominated by the Republican party, who have held several seats in the past few years. This year’s election is no different as there are three Republican candidates running for office: Alice Johnson, John Smith, and Ben Johnson. Alice Johnson is a long time resident of Princeton and an advocate for small business growth and improvement to infrastructure. John Smith is an experienced politician with a strong track record of community involvement and volunteer work. Finally, Ben Johnson is an outsider to the town but has promised to bring fresh ideas and new perspectives to the board if elected. All three candidates have committed to making Princeton an even better place to live than it already is.
The political climate in Zip 04668 (Princeton, ME) is moderately conservative.
Washington County, ME is moderately conservative. In Washington County, ME 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained very strongly Republican, 58.7% to 39.0%.
Washington county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04668 (Princeton, ME) is moderately conservative.
Princeton, Maine is moderately conservative.
Washington 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.
Princeton, Maine: r r 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 04668 (Princeton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18 contributions totaling $1,850 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $1,759 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)