Bar Harbor, Maine is a small town located in Hancock County on Mount Desert Island. The town has an engaged and active population who take part in the local political process to make sure their voices are heard. At the local level, Bar Harbor has a Town Council that is responsible for governing the city and setting policy. Elections for Town Council occur every two years, with residents of Bar Harbor choosing from a selection of candidates to represent them. The council is made up of seven members; the mayor, who serves as chairman, three ward councilors, and three at-large councilors. This year's election will see new faces vying for positions on the council as well as incumbents running for re-election. It's important for all citizens to get out and vote in order to ensure their views are represented in Bar Harbor's future decisions.
The political climate in Bar Harbor, ME is leaning liberal.
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
Bar Harbor, ME is leaning liberal.
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.
Bar 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 Bar Harbor, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,531 contributions totaling $237,594 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 114 contributions totaling $15,716 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)