Damariscotta, ME is a small town located in Lincoln County. It has a total area of 10.2 square miles and is home to around 2,200 people. Although it is a small town, Damariscotta has a rich political history and is currently represented by several elected officials at the local level. The town's elected representatives include three members of the Board of Selectmen, who are responsible for overseeing municipal operations; a Town Council that develops ordinances and budget decisions; and an Assessor’s Office that provides assessments on property taxes. At the state level, residents of Damariscotta are represented by Senator Michael Carpenter and Representative Jeff Evangelos, who serve in the Maine Senate and House of Representatives respectively. Additionally, there are numerous local organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club that help keep Damariscotta politically engaged and informed on current issues impacting their daily lives.
The political climate in Damariscotta, ME is leaning liberal.
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
Damariscotta, ME is leaning liberal.
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.
Damariscotta, 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 Damariscotta, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,804 contributions totaling $86,166 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 132 contributions totaling $27,516 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)