Perry, Maine is a small town in Washington County with a population of just over 1,000 people. Despite its small size, Perry is home to an active political community. Residents of the area tend to lean conservatively and have strong feelings about local, state and national politics. There are several elected officials at the local level who advocate for their constituents’ interests within the county commission, school board and other public offices. The town also has representatives at the state legislature that work towards enacting laws that benefit not only Perry but all of Maine. Additionally, Perry residents have taken part in various national campaigns by voting in presidential elections and supporting their chosen candidates with time and money. It is clear that while it may be a small rural town, Perry has an engaged citizenry when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Perry, ME is moderately conservative.
Washington County, ME is moderately conservative. In Washington County, ME 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained very strongly Republican, 58.7% to 39.0%.
Washington county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Perry, ME is moderately conservative.
Washington County, Maine is moderately conservative.
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.
Perry, Maine: r r d d R R
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 Perry, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $1 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)