Columbia Falls, Maine is a small town in Washington County located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. The town itself has a population of around 2000 people and is mainly centered around fishing and other coastal businesses. Politics in Columbia Falls is largely focused on local issues that affect the town, such as education, environmental protection, and public safety. The Town Council consists of seven members elected by residents every two years. Each council member serves as a representative for their constituents and works to address local problems. Local elections are held every year for various mayoral posts and committee memberships, where candidates present platforms that discuss their views on important issues facing Columbia Falls. Residents also take part in elections at the state level to help decide who will represent them in Augusta. All in all, politics in Columbia Falls involve citizens actively engaging with their representatives to ensure that they are heard and that decisions made reflect the values of those who voted them into office.
The political climate in Columbia Falls, ME is moderately conservative.
Washington County, ME is moderately conservative. In Washington County, ME 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained very strongly Republican, 58.7% to 39.0%.
Washington county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Columbia Falls, ME is moderately conservative.
Washington County, Maine is moderately conservative.
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.
Columbia Falls, Maine: r r d d R R
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 Columbia Falls, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)