West Kennebunk, ME is a small town located in York County. The population of West Kennebunk is 1,636 people according to the 2010 census. The town is served by a three-member board of selectmen who are responsible for setting policy and managing the town's affairs. The town has a strong sense of community pride and commitment to upholding traditional values and supporting local businesses. Politically, West Kennebunk has traditionally leaned conservative, with a majority voting Republican in both state and federal elections. Although there are no current political candidates from West Kennebunk running for office, voter turnout in local elections is always high as residents take an active interest in their government's decisions.
The political climate in West Kennebunk, ME is leaning conservative.
York County, ME is somewhat liberal. In York County, ME 54.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, York county remained strongly Democratic, 54.9% to 42.3%.
York county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Kennebunk, ME is leaning conservative.
York 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 Kennebunk, 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 Kennebunk, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 951 contributions totaling $76,142 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 100 contributions totaling $22,008 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $220 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)