Sedgwick, ME is a small coastal town located in Hancock County, Maine. It is home to approximately 1,700 people and is known for its quaint fishing villages and scenic views of the Atlantic Ocean. The town’s political landscape is largely conservative, with the majority of residents voting for traditional values and pro-business initiatives. Recently, a few progressive candidates have entered the political scene in Sedgwick, aiming to bring their novel approaches to town government. Issues like environmental protection have become increasingly important topics of conversation among citizens. With the upcoming elections just around the corner, both conservative and progressive candidates are preparing to make their case to Sedgwick’s voters. Whoever wins will be responsible for tackling some of the town’s most pressing issues: affordable housing, public health care, economic development opportunities, and infrastructure improvements. No matter who is elected into office this year, it’s sure to be an exciting election season in Sedgwick!
The political climate in Sedgwick, ME is leaning conservative.
Hancock County, ME is somewhat liberal. In Hancock County, ME 54.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hancock county remained strongly Democratic, 54.8% to 42.4%.
Hancock county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sedgwick, ME is leaning conservative.
Hancock County, Maine is somewhat 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.
Sedgwick, 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 Sedgwick, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 195 contributions totaling $9,462 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $16,730 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $356 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)