York, Maine is a beautiful coastal town located in York County. The town has been around since 1624 and has a rich history to explore. It boasts a population of 12,529 people according to the 2019 estimates from the Census Bureau. Despite its relatively small size, politics play an important role in York's culture and history. The town is represented by three state representatives in the Maine House of Representatives and two senators in the Maine State Senate, as well as one representative in the U.S House of Representatives. Local elections are also held every year for mayor and council members of the Town Council. All registered voters can cast their votes in these elections to determine who will represent them at the local level for issues that affect their community most directly, such as taxes, infrastructure projects, public safety, and more.
The political climate in Zip 03909 (York, ME) is leaning liberal.
York County, ME is somewhat liberal. In York County, ME 54.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, York county remained strongly Democratic, 54.9% to 42.3%.
York county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 03909 (York, ME) is leaning liberal.
York, Maine is leaning liberal.
York County, Maine is somewhat liberal.
Portland-South Portland Metro Area is strongly 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.
York, 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 03909 (York)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,535 contributions totaling $106,472 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 85 contributions totaling $33,293 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $392 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)