Norway, Maine is a small town located in the western part of Cumberland County. Politically, Norway has traditionally leaned Democratic. The town has had a long history of sending Democrats to the statehouse and supporting progressive causes. Recent elections in Norway have seen increased support for independent candidates and third parties such as the Green Party. In the most recent election, an independent candidate was successful in gaining a seat on the Select Board. This win demonstrated that residents in Norway are looking for different perspectives and solutions to the issues facing their community.
The political climate in Norway, ME is somewhat conservative.
Oxford County, ME is somewhat conservative. In Oxford County, ME 44.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oxford county remained moderately Republican, 52.8% to 44.1%.
Oxford county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Norway, ME is somewhat conservative.
Oxford County, Maine is somewhat 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.
Norway, 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 Norway, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 630 contributions totaling $53,942 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 234 contributions totaling $235,144 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,005 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)