The small town of Saint Albans, ME (zip code 04971) is located in the Central part of Maine and has a deeply embedded political culture that is rooted in its rural environment. The town typically votes for moderate candidates from both political parties, but most often leans conservative. In recent years, much of the political discussion has focused on issues such as maintaining affordable healthcare for all citizens, improving public schools and transportation infrastructure, protecting natural resources and wildlife in the area, supporting local businesses, and helping those who are struggling financially. This emphasis on local matters reflects a sentiment among many in the town that their voice matters at the state level. Local elections often end up being closely contested races between two or more candidates who are well-known to the residents of Saint Albans. The community prides itself on engaging in meaningful dialogues with its elected officials to ensure that their voices are heard and that they get results.
The political climate in Zip 04971 (Saint Albans, ME) is strongly conservative.
Somerset County, ME is moderately conservative. In Somerset County, ME 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Somerset county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.4% to 37.0%.
Somerset county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04971 (Saint Albans, ME) is strongly conservative.
Saint Albans, Maine is strongly conservative.
Somerset 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.
Saint Albans, 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 04971 (Saint Albans)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 62 contributions totaling $4,290 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $1,077 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)