Swans Island, ME is a beautiful island community located off the east coast of Maine. Despite its small population of approximately 300 people, Swans Island is highly active in local politics. This community has been actively involved in local and state-wide initiatives such as the preservation of its unique island ecosystem, providing education to its students, ensuring access to quality healthcare and other services for all residents. Residents of Swans Island often come together during elections to elect candidates who they believe will represent their interests and values. In recent years, the island has seen a surge in political involvement from both traditional parties and independent candidates who are committed to protecting the values that make up this special coastal community. The words of current State Senator Eloise Vitelli, “This little island has a big heart” speaks volumes about Swans Island's commitment to politics and civic engagement.
The political climate in Swans Island, 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
Swans Island, 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.
Swans Island, 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 Swans Island, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 259 contributions totaling $3,306 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $13 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $105 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)