Scarborough, Maine is a small town located on the southern coast of Maine. The town has a population of about 20,000 people and is governed by a Town Council. The Town Council consists of seven members who are elected every two years by the local citizens. They are responsible for creating policies, setting budgets, and making decisions to improve the quality of life in Scarborough. Local political candidates in Scarborough focus on issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, education reform, and environmental sustainability. Elections typically occur in May or June and are contested by both Democratic and Republican candidates. The Town Council also works with the state government to ensure that the needs of their citizens are taken into consideration when laws are made or amended.
The political climate in Scarborough, ME is somewhat liberal.
Cumberland County, ME is very liberal. In Cumberland County, ME 66.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cumberland county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.5% to 30.8%.
Cumberland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Scarborough, ME is somewhat liberal.
Cumberland County, Maine is very liberal.
Portland-South Portland Metro Area is strongly liberal.
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.
Scarborough, Maine: D D D D D D
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 Scarborough, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,612 contributions totaling $814,508 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,180 contributions totaling $278,630 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)