Waterville, ME is located in Kennebec County and is the home to just over 16,000 people. It has a diverse political landscape with candidates from both major parties vying for local office. This November, residents of Waterville have the opportunity to cast their vote for several candidates including Timothy Belcher who is running for city council, and John F. Fitzgerald who is running for mayor. Both are highly respected members of their respective communities and bring strong backgrounds in local politics. Belcher's focus is on ensuring that everyone in Waterville has access to essential services like clean water, safe roads, and reliable public transportation; while Fitzgerald seeks to maintain fiscal responsibility while also investing in the city's future growth. Residents of Waterville will have an important decision to make come November when they choose who best represents their interests at the local government level.
The political climate in Waterville, ME is leaning liberal.
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
Waterville, ME is leaning liberal.
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.
Waterville, 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 Waterville, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,400 contributions totaling $64,038 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 133 contributions totaling $81,960 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $616 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)