Ogunquit, Maine is a small coastal town located in the southern part of York County. It is known for its breathtaking beaches and scenic views of the Atlantic Ocean. Politically, Ogunquit is served by the Maine House of Representatives Districts 148 and 149 and the Senate District 35. The current Representatives are Jonathan Kinney and Jeffrey Pierce. The current Senator is Susan Deschambault. These representatives and senators work to ensure that the interests of Ogunquit are represented on a state level. They are actively engaged in efforts to improve public safety, transportation infrastructure, education resources and more within the community. Through their hard work, locals have seen an increase in government funding for much needed improvements to roads, parks, schools and other public facilities. In addition to this governmental support, local citizens also stay involved by attending town meetings to voice their opinions on issues important to them. This grassroots involvement has helped shape many of the decisions made today within Ogunquit's political landscape.
The political climate in Ogunquit, 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
Ogunquit, 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.
Ogunquit, 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 Ogunquit, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,098 contributions totaling $63,755 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 113 contributions totaling $29,781 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)