Kennebunkport, ME is a small town located in the southern part of the state. It has an interesting political history, with people from all parts of Maine making up its population. The town is governed by the Town Council, who are elected by local voters and serve as a legislative body for the town. The mayor is also elected by popular vote and serves as the executive leader for the town. There have been several successful candidates over the years that have come from Kennebunkport, including longtime Mayor Alan Casavant, who has been serving since 2006. In recent years, Kennebunkport has seen an increase in voter turnout due to more awareness of local politics and an emphasis on engaging younger citizens in civic involvement. This engagement has only strengthened Kennebunkport's political atmosphere as it continues to move forward into the future.
The political climate in Kennebunkport, 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
Kennebunkport, 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.
Kennebunkport, 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 Kennebunkport, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,878 contributions totaling $121,582 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 294 contributions totaling $112,788 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $384 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)