Cousins Island, ME is a quaint town located off the coast of Maine. The town is known for its rich culture and history and has always been involved in local politics. Residents take part in town meetings and are active in local government decisions. Political candidates focus on improving the quality of life for all citizens, from education to healthcare to infrastructure. Residents have a strong sense of civic pride with many people passionate about their community and actively doing what they can to make it better. Local political campaigns often revolve around ideas that will benefit the entire town, such as introducing green initiatives or increasing public safety measures. Overall, Cousins Island is an engaged community that takes pride in its political involvement and works hard to make sure everyone’s voices are heard.
The political climate in Cousins 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
Cousins 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.
Cousins 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 Cousins Island, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,066 contributions totaling $354,233 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 264 contributions totaling $174,989 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $663 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)