Ellsworth, Maine is a small city located in the Downeast region of the state. It is known for its beautiful scenery and sense of community. Although it has a population of 7,500 people, Ellsworth has an active local politics scene with several candidates running for office. The current mayor is John Phillips, who was elected to a second term in 2019 and reelected again in 2021. The City Council consists of five members who are elected at-large by the voters every two years. In addition to the mayor and City Council, several committees and boards are responsible for examining different city issues and making decisions related to them. Recently, these committees have been focusing on economic development initiatives and environmental regulations. Ellsworth also maintains close ties with local organizations such as the Downeast Community Alliance and Ellsworth Community Arts Council which both actively work to improve life in the city.
The political climate in Ellsworth, ME is leaning liberal.
Hancock County, ME is somewhat liberal. In Hancock County, ME 54.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hancock county remained strongly Democratic, 54.8% to 42.4%.
Hancock county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ellsworth, ME is leaning liberal.
Hancock County, Maine is somewhat 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.
Ellsworth, 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 Ellsworth, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 794 contributions totaling $40,106 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 137 contributions totaling $22,826 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)