Kennebunk, ME is a small town in York county with a population of 10,945 according to the United States Census Bureau. It is governed by a five-member Board of Selectmen who are elected for three year terms. The most recent local election was held in November of 2019 and saw the re-election of incumbent selectman Robert Tice. In addition to the Board of Selectmen, citizens may also choose from a number of other local offices that fulfill important duties such as managing the town budget, maintaining public infrastructure, and providing essential services like water and waste management. Kennebunk also has representation at the state level through their representative in the Maine House of Representatives and their two State Senators. With its small size and rural setting, Kennebunk is no stranger to politics – both on a local and state level – despite its lack of some big-city amenities.
The political climate in Zip 04043 (Kennebunk, ME) is leaning liberal.
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
Zip 04043 (Kennebunk, ME) is leaning liberal.
Kennebunk, Maine is leaning liberal.
York County, Maine 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.
Kennebunk, 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 zip 04043 (Kennebunk)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 951 contributions totaling $76,142 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 100 contributions totaling $22,008 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $220 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)