The town of Solon, ME (zip code 04979) is located in the northern Somerset County. In terms of politics, the town is represented by two non-partisan Town Council members and a Moderator who are elected by registered voters in the area. The Town Council meets regularly to discuss issues that affect residents of Solon. The town has also been represented at the state level by Maine House Districts 95 and 96 since 2012 and at the federal level by U.S. House Districts 2 and 3 since 2013. Due to its rural location, Solon residents have mostly voted for conservative candidates in past elections due to their traditional values and views on government intervention. The town of Solon may be small, but it takes its representation seriously as it looks out for its citizens' best interests no matter who is in office or what political party they represent.
The political climate in Zip 04979 (Solon, ME) is moderately conservative.
Somerset County, ME is moderately conservative. In Somerset County, ME 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Somerset county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.4% to 37.0%.
Somerset county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 04979 (Solon, ME) is moderately conservative.
Solon, Maine is moderately conservative.
Somerset County, Maine is moderately 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.
Solon, 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 04979 (Solon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $25 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $5 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $90 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)