Searsport is a small rural town located in the state of Maine. It has a total area of 5.3 square miles and an estimated population of around 2,400 people. The town is governed by a Board of Selectmen, who are democratically elected to represent the interests of the community. Residents can vote for candidates in local elections for various positions such as Town Clerk, Tax Collector and Assessor, Fire Chief, and School Committee members. Searsport has several political organizations that work to promote civic engagement including the Searsport Democratic Committee, the Searsport Republican Committee and the Searsport Green Party. These organizations help ensure that all voices in the town are heard during elections so that policies and approaches taken by leaders reflect the will of those living in this small rural community.
The political climate in Zip 04974 (Searsport, ME) is leaning conservative.
Waldo County, ME is leaning liberal. In Waldo County, ME 50.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Waldo county remained Democratic, 50.8% to 46.0%.
Waldo county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04974 (Searsport, ME) is leaning conservative.
Searsport, Maine is leaning conservative.
Waldo County, Maine is leaning 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.
Searsport, Maine: r 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 04974 (Searsport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 110 contributions totaling $8,089 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $2,835 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $567 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)