The small town of Boothbay Harbor, Maine has a vibrant political scene. The town is managed by a three-member Board of Selectmen, who are responsible for setting policies and managing the day-to-day operations of the town. Alongside the Selectmen, the Town Meeting, which consists of registered voters in the community, makes decisions on civic matters such as municipal budgets and taxes. Local elections also take place each year for those wishing to serve on boards and committees or vote on ballot initiatives. Despite its size, Boothbay Harbor has an active political landscape with citizens expressing their opinions and engaging in local politics.
The political climate in Boothbay Harbor, ME is leaning liberal.
Lincoln County, ME is somewhat liberal. In Lincoln County, ME 53.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained strongly Democratic, 53.8% to 43.5%.
Lincoln county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Boothbay Harbor, ME is leaning liberal.
Lincoln County, Maine is somewhat 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.
Boothbay Harbor, Maine: r 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 Boothbay Harbor, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 881 contributions totaling $70,586 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $22,122 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $471 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)