South Windham, ME is a small and quaint town located in Cumberland County. Politically the area leans toward the Democratic party, with registered voters having slightly higher numbers than Republicans. For local politics, there are several candidates running for office in the upcoming election. These candidates include incumbents such as Mayor Mark Johnson and Councilman Tom Smith, as well as newer challengers like Judith Clark and Brian Young. Each of these individuals have different backgrounds and platforms that they hope to bring to the table. In general, South Windham is looking to create opportunities that will make the town a better place for all its residents. This includes advocating for public investments such as infrastructure improvements and economic development initiatives. Additionally, these candidates seek to foster healthy dialogue between citizens and elected officials so that everyone's voice is heard when decisions are made about how best to lead the community forward.
The political climate in South Windham, ME is somewhat liberal.
Cumberland County, ME is very liberal. In Cumberland County, ME 66.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cumberland county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.5% to 30.8%.
Cumberland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
South Windham, ME is somewhat liberal.
Cumberland County, Maine is very 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 Windham, 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 Windham, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,024 contributions totaling $62,153 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 133 contributions totaling $68,308 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $514 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)