Monmouth, ME is a charming rural town located in the heart of Maine. The town government is made up of a town manager, select board, and various committees. Monmouth has a strong sense of community and local politics are very important to its residents. Community forums, town meetings, and an engaged citizenry keeps the discourse between residents and their elected officials lively. From issues like road maintenance to zoning regulations, town residents have their finger on the pulse when it comes to local politics. During election season the community rallies around candidates they feel will best represent their interests. Each year elections are held for select board members as well as other positions to ensure Monmouth's citizens are represented fairly in the decisions that guide their community forward.
The political climate in Monmouth, ME is somewhat conservative.
Kennebec County, ME is leaning liberal. In Kennebec County, ME 48.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kennebec county flipped narrowly Democratic, 48.6% to 48.3%.
Kennebec county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Monmouth, ME is somewhat conservative.
Kennebec County, Maine is leaning liberal.
Augusta-Waterville Metro Area is leaning 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.
Monmouth, Maine: D d D D r 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 Monmouth, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 86 contributions totaling $27,408 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $319 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $3,928 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)