Baldwin, ME is a small town nestled in the rolling hills of southern Maine. It has a long and proud history as being an active member in local politics. Every election year, Baldwin residents turn out to the polls in droves to vote for their local political candidates. The town is well known for their interest and dedication to the democratic process and voting rights of all citizens. Political discussions are often heard echoing through the streets of Baldwin, resulting in residents having strong opinions about many issues at hand. It's clear that Baldwin takes its politics seriously, and it's easy to see why so many people are passionate about their right to vote and have their voices heard!
The political climate in Baldwin, ME is leaning 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
Baldwin, ME is leaning 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.
Baldwin, 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 Baldwin, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 189 contributions totaling $8,176 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $3,482 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)