Located in Kennebec County, 04284 Wayne is a small town with a population of just over 900 people. Politically, the town is part of Maine’s Senate District 11 and House District 100, both of which are represented by Democratic representatives. On the local level, Wayne has two selectmen and an administrative assistant, as well as a five-member board of assessors that are all elected by the citizens of the town. The local Republican and Democratic Town Committees also meet regularly to discuss issues relevant to their respective parties and plan activities in the community. Despite its size, Wayne is still very involved in local politics and takes pride in its active involvement in Michigan’s political process.
The political climate in Zip 04284 (Wayne, ME) is leaning conservative.
Kennebec County, ME is leaning liberal. In Kennebec County, ME 48.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kennebec county flipped narrowly Democratic, 48.6% to 48.3%.
Kennebec county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04284 (Wayne, ME) is leaning conservative.
Wayne, Maine is leaning conservative.
Kennebec County, Maine is leaning liberal.
Augusta-Waterville Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Wayne, Maine: D d D D r 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 04284 (Wayne)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 187 contributions totaling $18,069 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $4,020 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)