Windsor, Maine is a small, rural community located in the heart of Kennebec County. Despite its small size, it is an important political center for the region. The local government consists of three members on the Board of Selectmen and six members on the Town Council who are all elected by the citizens of Windsor. The town also elects a representative to the Maine Legislature in Augusta where they address state-wide issues. Every two years, citizens come together to vote on local school and budget items as well as to decide who will serve in office in order to best represent their interests. In addition to this, Windsor is home to several civic organizations that work together to promote local causes and keep citizens informed about what is happening throughout their community.
The political climate in Windsor, 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
Windsor, 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.
Windsor, 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 Windsor, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 46 contributions totaling $3,527 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)