Mount Desert, ME is a small town located in Hancock County with a population of 2,053 citizens. Its politics are largely shaped by the local government and its representatives. The Town Council of Mount Desert consists of five members who are elected by the citizens to serve four year terms. Each member is responsible for managing issues related to local education, public safety, planning and zoning, and more. Additionally, Mount Desert also participates in state-level elections, electing officials for the Maine legislature and governor. These elected officials work to ensure that laws passed at the state level reflect the needs and interests of all citizens living in Mount Desert. With such an active role in shaping its own politics, Mount Desert remains an important part of Maine's political landscape.
The political climate in Mount Desert, ME is leaning liberal.
Hancock County, ME is somewhat liberal. In Hancock County, ME 54.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hancock county remained strongly Democratic, 54.8% to 42.4%.
Hancock county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mount Desert, ME is leaning liberal.
Hancock 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.
Mount Desert, 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 Mount Desert, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,407 contributions totaling $280,855 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 124 contributions totaling $30,110 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $243 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)