Berwick, Maine is a small town with a population of just over 7,000 people. The town is served by the government of York County and is located in southern Maine. Berwick has an active political scene, with local elections taking place every two years. Local candidates from both major parties often run for positions on the Board of Selectmen or as Town Meeting Moderator. The town also has a vibrant civic life, with numerous volunteer and community organizations offering citizens numerous ways to get involved in their local government. Whether it's helping out with the local library or working at the Senior Center, there are plenty of opportunities for residents to become involved and make their voice heard.
The political climate in Berwick, ME is leaning conservative.
York County, ME is somewhat liberal. In York County, ME 54.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, York county remained strongly Democratic, 54.9% to 42.3%.
York county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Berwick, ME is leaning conservative.
York County, Maine is somewhat 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.
Berwick, 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 Berwick, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,511 contributions totaling $84,594 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 67 contributions totaling $9,307 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)