The town of 04856 Rockport, ME is a small coastal community located in the midcoast region of Maine. Politically, the town follows the general trends of the state and has voted for Democratic candidates in recent presidential elections. At the local level, Rockport residents have the opportunity to vote for their mayor, four town councilors, and other local representatives. The current mayor is Roberta Orsini, who has been in office since 2017. The councilors are John Sampson, Jeff Wyman, Frank O'Brien, and Michael Morris. All these officials work together to shape Rockport's political future and ensure that the needs of its citizens are met. In addition to these elected officials, there are a number of local committees that serve as forums for public input on major projects and issues facing Rockport. Through its politics and representatives, Rockport remains committed to maintain a vibrant and healthy community for all its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 04856 (Rockport, ME) is leaning liberal.
Knox County, ME is moderately liberal. In Knox County, ME 58.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Knox county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.7% to 38.8%.
Knox county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04856 (Rockport, ME) is leaning liberal.
Rockport, Maine is leaning liberal.
Knox County, Maine is moderately liberal.
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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.
Rockport, 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 04856 (Rockport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 849 contributions totaling $66,849 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $17,429 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)