Lebanon, ME is a small town located in York County in the state of Maine. The town has an estimated population of about 3,000 people and is a part of the Sanford-Springvale metropolitan area. The politics in Lebanon, ME are run by the Town Council and Mayor who are all elected by the citizens. The Town Council consists of five members who are responsible for overseeing local government operations, budgeting, and other related matters. They also elect a mayor to lead the council and act as chief executive officer of Lebanon. The Mayor is responsible for implementing laws and policies approved by the Town Council as well as having a hand in various community initiatives. While there are no local political candidates running for office in Lebanon at this time, residents have an opportunity to share their opinion or voice their concerns through various town meetings held throughout the year.
The political climate in Lebanon, 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
Lebanon, 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.
Lebanon, 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 Lebanon, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 204 contributions totaling $6,453 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $6,010 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)