Sanford, ME 04073 is a small town located in York County. It has a total area of 31.5 square miles and a population of 20,799 as of the 2010 census. Sanford is governed by an elected Board of Selectmen which are responsible for making policy decisions that affect the town's residents. The mayor is elected every two years and works with the selectmen to make decisions about municipal services and other important issues facing the community. Some of the current local political candidates running for office in Sanford include: William Lonergan (D), Robert Foley (R), Richard Sullivan (D), Patrick O'Neill (R) and David Shibles (I). Each candidate brings unique perspectives on how to improve life in Sanford, from new infrastructure projects to greater access to healthcare services, educational improvements, and more. As Sanford's voters review each candidate and their platforms it's up to them to decide who will bring the most positive change to their town.
The political climate in Zip 04073 (Sanford, ME) is leaning liberal.
York County, ME is somewhat liberal. In York County, ME 54.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, York county remained strongly Democratic, 54.9% to 42.3%.
York county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04073 (Sanford, ME) is leaning liberal.
Sanford, Maine is leaning liberal.
York County, Maine is somewhat 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.
Sanford, 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 04073 (Sanford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 502 contributions totaling $30,126 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 154 contributions totaling $14,891 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)