The town of 04576 Southport, ME is a small and close-knit community that takes great pride in its local politics. While there are no official political candidates in the area, the townspeople are passionate about civic engagement and take an active role in keeping their government up to date with current issues. Every year, local organizations such as the Southport Town Council and the Southport School Board come together to make decisions that directly affect the lives of residents. These organizations also create programs to help strengthen the community by providing resources for housing, education, health care, employment opportunities and more. The people of 04576 Southport understand that their voices matter and are committed to making sure those voices are heard at every level of government.
The political climate in Zip 04576 (Southport, ME) is leaning liberal.
Lincoln County, ME is somewhat liberal. In Lincoln County, ME 53.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained strongly Democratic, 53.8% to 43.5%.
Lincoln county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04576 (Southport, ME) is leaning liberal.
Southport, Maine is leaning liberal.
Lincoln County, Maine is somewhat 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.
Southport, 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 04576 (Southport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 112 contributions totaling $32,559 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $291 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $32,899 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)