Winter Harbor is a small town located in Maine with a population of about 775 people. The town is heavily reliant on the fishing and tourism industries to support its economy, which can be seen through the abundance of seafood restaurants, charming shops, and scenic waterfront views. Local politics in Winter Harbor are mostly centered around improving these industries for the benefit of the town. Community meetings are often held to discuss how best to use resources to strengthen their local economy and attract more visitors. Local politicians work hard to make sure that the interests of the citizens are represented and taken into account when making decisions. They also strive to ensure that regulations are kept up-to-date in order to protect both businesses and citizens from any potential risks associated with these industries.
The political climate in Winter Harbor, 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
Winter Harbor, 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.
Winter Harbor, 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 Winter Harbor, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 129 contributions totaling $12,450 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $27,062 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,503 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)