West Bath, ME is a small town located in the southern part of Maine. It is a quiet community with a population of about 5,000 people. West Bath is known for its quaint atmosphere and close-knit community that makes it an ideal place to live. Despite its small size, politics are important in West Bath and residents take their civic duties seriously. Elections are held every two years and often involve spirited campaigns between candidates from various political parties. The town has historically been dominated by the Republican Party but recently Democratic candidates have seen some success in local elections. Residents actively participate in debates surrounding important issues like education and healthcare as well as backing their chosen candidate during election season.
The political climate in West Bath, ME is leaning conservative.
Sagadahoc County, ME is somewhat liberal. In Sagadahoc County, ME 56.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sagadahoc county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.3% to 40.6%.
Sagadahoc county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Bath, ME is leaning conservative.
Sagadahoc County, Maine is somewhat 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.
West Bath, 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 West Bath, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,454 contributions totaling $140,786 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 90 contributions totaling $22,694 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $252 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)