04289 West Paris, ME is a small community located in western Maine. It is home to a diverse population of people from different backgrounds and cultures. In terms of politics, the town has been traditionally conservative, with Republican candidates historically doing well in elections. However, lately the town has become more progressive and open-minded when it comes to politics as many residents have started to embrace different ideologies. There are several local politicians who represent the town at both the state and federal level, including Senator Angus King and Representative Jared Golden. Residents of 04289 West Paris, ME take their civic duties seriously and actively participate in local elections to ensure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 04289 (West Paris, ME) is somewhat conservative.
Oxford County, ME is somewhat conservative. In Oxford County, ME 44.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oxford county remained moderately Republican, 52.8% to 44.1%.
Oxford county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04289 (West Paris, ME) is somewhat conservative.
West Paris, Maine is somewhat conservative.
Oxford County, Maine is somewhat conservative.
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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.
West Paris, Maine: d d D D R r
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 04289 (West Paris)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 54 contributions totaling $1,697 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $50 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)