Chebeague Island, ME is a small town with a population of just over 350 people. Although it's size is quite small, the town has a vibrant political environment. The local government consists of a Board of Selectman and Town Meeting Members who are elected to represent their community in matters of public policy. Local elections are held annually to determine who will serve as our leaders for the upcoming year and all registered voters in Chebeague Island are eligible to participate. Each election brings exciting new ideas and perspectives to the table, keeping our island's politics active and engaged.
The political climate in Chebeague Island, 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
Chebeague Island, 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.
Chebeague Island, 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 Chebeague Island, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 589 contributions totaling $13,131 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)