Livermore, Maine is a rural town located in Androscoggin County. Despite its small size, the town is known for its active political climate. The politics of the area are largely dominated by the Republican Party, though there has been a recent trend towards more Democratic representation in local elections. The current mayor of Livermore is Richard Bridgham, who was elected to the position in 2020. He has worked to improve the infrastructure of the town, including repairs and upgrades to roads and sidewalks. Local elections often focus on issues such as education funding, taxes, and economic development. Residents take an active role in their government and show up to participate in voter registration drives and other community events designed to promote civic engagement.
The political climate in Livermore, ME is somewhat conservative.
Androscoggin County, ME is leaning conservative. In Androscoggin County, ME 47.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Androscoggin county remained Republican, 49.9% to 47.0%.
Androscoggin county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Livermore, ME is somewhat conservative.
Androscoggin County, Maine is leaning conservative.
Lewiston-Auburn Metro Area is leaning 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.
Livermore, Maine: D D 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 Livermore, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $697 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,685 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $187 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)