The small town of Surry, ME (04684) is located on the western end of Hancock County. It is a rural community, with its economy largely driven by the fishing industry and other small local businesses. On the political side, 04684 Surry is part of Maine's second congressional district, which has historically voted Democratic but also has some Republican support. The town itself does not have any elected officials, as all decisions are made by Hancock County representatives. However, residents still stay informed on local issues and take part in elections where they can cast their votes for their preferred candidates in both state and national races.
The political climate in Zip 04684 (Surry, ME) is leaning liberal.
Hancock County, ME is somewhat liberal. In Hancock County, ME 54.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hancock county remained strongly Democratic, 54.8% to 42.4%.
Hancock county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04684 (Surry, ME) is leaning liberal.
Surry, Maine is leaning liberal.
Hancock 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.
Surry, 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 04684 (Surry)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 280 contributions totaling $18,353 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $4,806 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)