Kennebunk, Maine is a small town located in York County on the southern coast of Maine. It is home to a population of around 10,000 people with a diverse cultural background. Politically, Kennebunk is represented by state legislators in Augusta and Washington D.C. In addition to elected state officials, the town also has local government representatives that serve on the Town Council and School Board who are elected by residents every two years. Local elections for these posts take place during the springtime and are an integral part of Kennebunk's politics. Political candidates typically focus on issues effecting the community such as taxes, education, public safety, and infrastructure improvements. During election season, citizens are encouraged to get involved in their local politics by voting for candidates who will best represent their interests.
The political climate in Kennebunk, ME is leaning liberal.
York County, ME is somewhat liberal. In York County, ME 54.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, York county remained strongly Democratic, 54.9% to 42.3%.
York county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kennebunk, ME is leaning liberal.
York 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.
Kennebunk, 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 Kennebunk, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,853 contributions totaling $228,426 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 300 contributions totaling $66,024 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $220 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)