Bath, Maine is a small city situated on the banks of the Kennebec River. It is an area of beautiful scenery and rich history. Politically, Bath is part of Sagadahoc County and has its own mayor-council form of government. The current mayor is Leverett Wingard, who was elected in 2017. He is a lifelong resident of Bath and is committed to enhancing the quality of life for residents while finding solutions to the challenges facing our community. In addition to the Mayor, there are seven Councillors who serve four-year terms and act as representatives for their wards. These Councillors bring a wide range of perspectives into their political discussions, ensuring that all voices in Bath are heard in local decision making. The City Council meets on the second and fourth Mondays of each month at 6 pm in Council Chambers at City Hall, located at 55 Front Street in downtown Bath.
The political climate in Bath, ME is somewhat liberal.
Sagadahoc County, ME is somewhat liberal. In Sagadahoc County, ME 56.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sagadahoc county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.3% to 40.6%.
Sagadahoc county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bath, ME is somewhat liberal.
Sagadahoc 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.
Bath, 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 Bath, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,454 contributions totaling $140,786 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 90 contributions totaling $22,694 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $252 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)