Mount Vernon, ME is a small town located in rural Maine with a population of just over 400 people. Despite its small size, Mount Vernon takes its politics seriously and has a vibrant political scene for such a small place. Local elections are always hotly contested among the town's residents, and there is usually intense debate over issues like taxes, schools, business growth, and public safety. The town council is comprised of five members who generally come from different parts of the community and represent various views on the issues that affect Mount Vernon. The current mayor supports many initiatives to promote civic engagement and create economic development opportunities in Mount Vernon. Local candidates for political office are always campaigning hard to try to win over voters in the community. In Mount Vernon, every vote counts and citizens take their responsibilities seriously when it comes to taking part in local politics.
The political climate in Mount Vernon, ME is somewhat conservative.
Kennebec County, ME is leaning liberal. In Kennebec County, ME 48.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kennebec county flipped narrowly Democratic, 48.6% to 48.3%.
Kennebec county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mount Vernon, ME is somewhat conservative.
Kennebec County, Maine is leaning liberal.
Augusta-Waterville Metro Area is leaning 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 Vernon, Maine: D d D D r 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 Vernon, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 167 contributions totaling $27,774 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $4,438 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)