The town of 04573 Walpole, ME is a small, rural community with a population of around 1,800 people. The local government is comprised of a three-member Board of Selectmen and Town Manager who work together to manage the town's affairs. Elections for Board of Selectmen are held every two years in June and all residents aged 18 or older are encouraged to participate. In addition to the local officials, the state and federal governments are represented in the area by Senator Susan Collins and Representative Chellie Pingree. The politics in Walpole is largely centered around issues such as infrastructure improvements, public safety, economic development, and taxation. As a small rural town, residents often find it difficult to make their voices heard on these issues due to limited resources and representation at state and national levels. Despite this hardship, Walpole continues to strive for a better future for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 04573 (Walpole, 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 04573 (Walpole, ME) is leaning liberal.
Walpole, 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.
Walpole, 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 04573 (Walpole)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 59 contributions totaling $8,949 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)