Unity, ME is a small town located in Waldo County with a population of about 1,700 people. The town has a long history of political engagement and an active local government. In the current political landscape, Unity is represented in the Maine House of Representatives by Republican Dale Crafts. He represents District 67 and has been in office since 2014. At the county level, Waldo County is led by a Board of Commissioners composed of two Democratic representatives and one Republican representative. This board works to ensure that all citizens have access to essential services such as public safety, transportation infrastructure, healthcare facilities, and educational resources. Additionally, Unity holds regular town meetings throughout the year for citizens to voice their concerns and opinions on local issues. The Town Manager is responsible for executing policy decisions made at these forums. Elections are held annually to select Unity’s representatives at all levels of government and give residents an opportunity to shape their own future through their voting power.
The political climate in Zip 04988 (Unity, 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 04988 (Unity, ME) is leaning conservative.
Unity, 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.
Unity, 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 04988 (Unity)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $3,470 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $175 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)