Mexico, Maine has a small but active political landscape. The city is represented by Senator Susan Collins and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden in the U.S. Congress. At the state level, residents of Mexico are represented by Senator Paul Davis and Representatives Brian Hobart and Beth Turner in the Maine Senate and House of Representatives respectively. Local politics in Mexico are managed by the Town Council, comprising six individuals elected every four years to represent town residents. The council meets on a monthly basis to discuss local issues such as zoning ordinances, budget allocations, tax rates, and other matters related to municipal governance. Additionally, the town maintains its own Planning Board which meets quarterly to discuss land usage issues such as development proposals and subdivision applications. All decisions made by either body require approval from Mexico's voters at a local referendum or town meeting before they can be implemented.
The political climate in Zip 04257 (Mexico, 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 04257 (Mexico, ME) is somewhat conservative.
Mexico, 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.
Mexico, 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 04257 (Mexico)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $730 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 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)