The small town of Weld, ME (04285) is blessed with a strong sense of community and local pride. The politics in this area are focused on issues that directly affect the population. Residents care deeply about the well-being of their neighbors and work to ensure everyone has access to quality education, healthcare, and basic needs. Local elections for various political offices typically see strong voter turnout as residents support candidates who share their vision for the future of Weld. As such, local leaders are often well-known and have been voted into office time and time again due to their commitment to bettering the town. With such a close-knit group of citizens involved in the political process, Weld enjoys an engaged and active political atmosphere that is both charming and effective.
The political climate in Zip 04285 (Weld, ME) is somewhat conservative.
Franklin County, ME is leaning conservative. In Franklin County, ME 46.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained Republican, 50.3% to 46.4%.
Franklin county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04285 (Weld, ME) is somewhat conservative.
Weld, Maine is somewhat conservative.
Franklin County, Maine is leaning 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.
Weld, 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 04285 (Weld)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $723 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 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)