Wellington, ME is a small town located in the heart of Maine. This community is filled with friendly locals who are passionate about their community and take an active role in local politics. The government of Wellington consists of a select board, which works to manage the town's day-to-day operations, implement policies, and allocate funds for necessary public services. Elections for local positions are held once every two years, allowing the citizens to have a say in who represents them. These elections are an invaluable part of Wellington's political process as they give people the opportunity to voice their opinions on important issues facing the town. With passionate citizens eager to make a difference in their local government, Wellington is sure to remain an active participant in politics for many years to come.
The political climate in Wellington, ME is strongly conservative.
Piscataquis County, ME is strongly conservative. In Piscataquis County, ME 35.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Piscataquis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.0% to 35.5%.
Piscataquis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wellington, ME is strongly conservative.
Piscataquis County, Maine is strongly 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.
Wellington, Maine: R r r r 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 Wellington, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $879 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $1,105 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)