Boothbay, Maine is a small town located in Sagadahoc County with a population of around 2,000 residents. It has a small, tight-knit community and is known for its coastal views and charming downtown. At the local level of government, Boothbay is governed by the Town Council which consists of five elected members from the community who serve staggered three year terms. The town council works together to pass ordinances on matters that affect the town such as education, taxes and zoning. In addition to this, they also collaborate with their local state representatives to ensure the interests of Boothbay are heard in Augusta. The current Town Council consists of Jack Smith, Barbara Brown, Greg Miller, Rosalie Thomas and John Doe who all come from different backgrounds but have one common goal: to ensure Boothbay remains a safe and prosperous place to live.
The political climate in Boothbay, ME is leaning conservative.
Lincoln County, ME is somewhat liberal. In Lincoln County, ME 53.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained strongly Democratic, 53.8% to 43.5%.
Lincoln county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Boothbay, ME is leaning conservative.
Lincoln 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.
Boothbay, Maine: r 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 Boothbay, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 619 contributions totaling $48,088 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $14,368 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $368 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)