South Eliot, ME is an small, rural community located in York County. The town has a close-knit community and is known for its strong sense of civic pride. Politically, South Eliot leans conservative, with most residents voting Republican in local and national elections. Most residents are passionate about local issues such as healthcare, education, taxes and public safety. Local political candidates often focus on these issues when campaigning for office. Additionally, South Eliot has seen increased interest in recent years from both state and national candidates looking to engage the local community on their policies. With an engaged population that values traditional values and puts a priority on ensuring quality services to citizens, South Eliot is sure to be an important part of Maine's political landscape for years to come.
The political climate in South Eliot, 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
South Eliot, 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.
South Eliot, 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 South Eliot, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 700 contributions totaling $53,937 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 104 contributions totaling $12,900 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)