York, ME County is a small but vibrant community. It is home to a diverse population of residents and has an active local political scene. Local elections are held every two years, when residents elect their representatives for town and county offices. The county commission holds its meetings throughout the year to oversee county matters such as budgeting, taxes, public services, and more. In addition to the commission, York also has a Town Council that meets monthly to discuss local issues that affect its citizens. Political candidates from both major parties are encouraged to put themselves forward in the upcoming elections and continue to serve the people of York County by representing their interests in policy decisions.
The political climate in 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
York County, ME 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.
York, 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 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 York County, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,843 contributions totaling $898,155 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,669 contributions totaling $346,830 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)