Yarmouth, ME is a small town located in southern Maine. It is home to a rich political history that dates back over 200 years. The town has a council-manager system of government with an elected Town Council and a professional Town Manager serving as the Chief Executive Officer. The Town Council is composed of nine members representing the seven wards plus two at-large representatives. There are also elected positions such as Mayor, Selectman, Treasurer/Tax Collector, Clerk of Court, and School Committee Member. Yarmouth residents take an active role in local politics by voting for their representatives and participating in local political events. The town holds regular public meetings where citizens can voice their opinions about important issues facing the community. In addition, candidates running for office are expected to engage in numerous debates and forums to discuss their perspectives on current topics affecting the town and its people. Through these events, citizens can become informed about who will best serve them and their interests when making decisions on behalf of the community.
The political climate in Yarmouth, ME is somewhat liberal.
Cumberland County, ME is very liberal. In Cumberland County, ME 66.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cumberland county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.5% to 30.8%.
Cumberland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Yarmouth, ME is somewhat liberal.
Cumberland County, Maine is very 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.
Yarmouth, 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 Yarmouth, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,264 contributions totaling $1,416,932 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,056 contributions totaling $699,956 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $663 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)