New Gloucester, Maine is a small town in Cumberland County located just north of Portland. It has a population of about 4,000 and is known for its rural landscape and community spirit. The local politics of New Gloucester are mainly focused on the town's budget, taxation, and development. The town government is made up of a five-member board of Selectmen who are elected by the citizens every two years. Each Selectman serves as the head of one of five departments: Town Manager, Finance Department, Public Works Department, Police Department and Parks and Recreation Department. In addition to the elected officials, there are also several appointed positions that assist with the management of everyday tasks such as road maintenance and snow plowing. All politics in New Gloucester take place within these departments and are geared towards making sure that services are provided efficiently while adhering to budgets.
The political climate in New Gloucester, ME is leaning 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
New Gloucester, ME is leaning 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.
New Gloucester, 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 New Gloucester, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 465 contributions totaling $24,724 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 96 contributions totaling $32,013 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $333 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)