The small town of Durham, Maine (04222) is a community filled with small-town charm and friendly neighbors. Politically speaking, the town is quite conservative in nature, with many residents voting Republican in local, state, and national elections. With a population of just over 2,300 people, Durham is too small to have its own independent political candidates running for office. Instead, residents vote in races where the candidates are determined by the larger cities and towns around them. In any case, there is a strong sense of civic engagement within the town that sees citizens becoming involved in their local government and showing up to cast their ballots when elections roll around.
The political climate in Zip 04222 (Durham, ME) is somewhat conservative.
Androscoggin County, ME is leaning conservative. In Androscoggin County, ME 47.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Androscoggin county remained Republican, 49.9% to 47.0%.
Androscoggin county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04222 (Durham, ME) is somewhat conservative.
Durham, Maine is somewhat conservative.
Androscoggin County, Maine is leaning conservative.
Lewiston-Auburn Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Durham, 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 04222 (Durham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 151 contributions totaling $6,962 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 86 contributions totaling $12,901 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)