The town of Sangerville, ME (04479) is a small rural community with a population of about 1,800 people. Despite its small size, there is an active political scene in Sangerville. Local elections are held regularly to determine the representation of the town's residents on the city council and other municipal issues. In recent years, there have been several highly contested races for local offices, with candidates representing both major parties vying for the votes of Sangerville's citizens. Though there are no current politicians from Sangerville serving in any higher office, some former residents have gone on to hold positions at various levels of government throughout Maine. Residents take pride in their hometown and their local government, ensuring that all voices within the community are heard and respected.
The political climate in Zip 04479 (Sangerville, ME) is strongly conservative.
Piscataquis County, ME is strongly conservative. In Piscataquis County, ME 35.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Piscataquis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.0% to 35.5%.
Piscataquis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04479 (Sangerville, ME) is strongly conservative.
Sangerville, Maine is strongly conservative.
Piscataquis County, Maine is strongly 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.
Sangerville, Maine: R r r r 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 04479 (Sangerville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $566 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $1,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $750 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)