Lewiston, Maine is a city with a rich history of politics. In recent years, the city's political focus has shifted to issues such as managing growth and development, creating economic opportunities for all citizens, and reducing poverty. The City Council is currently composed of seven members elected by the residents of Lewiston on a nonpartisan basis. The Mayor is also chosen by the public during municipal elections every two years. Currently, Mayor Timothy Lowney is in his second term and plans to work towards improving the quality of life for all residents. Civic engagement is highly encouraged in Lewiston, with many organizations and initiatives in place to help increase participation in local government activities. Community forums and public hearings are also held regularly to ensure that citizens’ voices are heard.
The political climate in Lewiston, ME is leaning liberal.
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
Lewiston, ME is leaning liberal.
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.
Lewiston, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Lewiston, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 907 contributions totaling $81,949 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 191 contributions totaling $31,889 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)