West Gardiner, ME is a small rural town located in Southern Maine. As is typical of small towns, the politics of West Gardiner are largely influenced by local issues and interests. The town has a Mayor and Town Council who work together to create policies that keep the town running smoothly and protect its citizens. They also work closely with local organizations to ensure that the community’s needs are met. In addition, the town has several elected officials who serve on both the state and county levels, including state representatives, senators, and county commissioners. These representatives work on behalf of their constituents to advocate for their specific areas of interest within West Gardiner.
The political climate in West Gardiner, ME is somewhat conservative.
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
West Gardiner, ME is somewhat conservative.
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.
West Gardiner, 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 West Gardiner, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 564 contributions totaling $23,208 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $14,996 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $254 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)