Southport, ME is a small town located on the Maine coast, with a population of just over 1,000 people. Although Southport is a small town, it still has an active political scene. Local elected officials are responsible for governing and representing the interests of the entire community. The most recent election saw the reelection of Mayor Mark Smith who has been in office since 2013. There are also local representatives for both the Maine State House and Senate who serve Southport's citizens on a larger scale. Residents are encouraged to stay informed about state and local politics so that they can make their voices heard by voting in elections and participating in public debates.
The political climate in Southport, ME is leaning conservative.
Lincoln County, ME is somewhat liberal. In Lincoln County, ME 53.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained strongly Democratic, 53.8% to 43.5%.
Lincoln county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Southport, ME is leaning conservative.
Lincoln 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.
Southport, Maine: r 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 Southport, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 116 contributions totaling $32,434 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $280 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $32,899 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)