The small town of Lyman, ME is known for its close-knit community and small-town values. Although it doesn’t have any national political candidates running in the elections, the local politics shows a great deal of engagement. The town is split into various neighborhoods that are served by their own committees, councils and school boards to address the needs of each specific group. Each election cycle, there are usually several local candidates running for mayor or city council positions. The residents of Lyman take their roles as voters and citizens seriously and tend to have strong opinions about who they would like to see in leadership positions. They value honesty and transparency in both their representatives and the policies they support. As a result, political discourse surrounding campaigns is often intense but healthy as residents advocate for what they believe will be best for the town as a whole.
The political climate in Lyman, ME is leaning conservative.
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
Lyman, ME is leaning conservative.
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.
Lyman, 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 Lyman, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,099 contributions totaling $79,798 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 125 contributions totaling $38,510 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $308 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)