Somerset County is located in the beautiful state of Maine, and is known for its rich natural beauty and rural charm. Politically, the county’s population has a strong lean towards conservative values and ideals. The two main political parties are the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. Local candidates for office often come from both these parties, and typically have similar views on many issues. Issues that particularly resonate with local residents are environmental protection, support for small businesses, improving public education, reducing taxes for working families, and promoting job creation. Social issues such as same-sex marriage, gun control, abortion rights, and immigration reform also affect the community's political environment. With elections coming up next month in Somerset County, residents will be closely monitoring all the candidates running and deciding who to elect based on their personal beliefs.
The political climate in Somerset County, ME is moderately conservative.
In Somerset County, ME 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Somerset county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.4% to 37.0%.
Somerset county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Somerset County, ME is moderately conservative.
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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.
Somerset, Maine: d d d d R R
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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Somerset County, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 821 contributions totaling $49,594 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 270 contributions totaling $91,860 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $340 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)