Bowdoinham, ME is a small town with a population of about 2,000 people. Despite its small size, Bowdoinham has a rich history of political involvement and activism. The town is home to many local political organizations that are actively engaged in the issues that affect the citizens of Bowdoinham. These organizations often host events to discuss issues like environmental sustainability, affordable housing, and education reform. Local leaders also work together to promote civic engagement among the community by organizing voter registration drives and candidate forums. Bowdoinham also has been involved in state-level politics, with several of its residents having served as state representatives in recent years. All in all, politics in Bowdoinham have an important role to play in shaping the future of the town and its citizens.
The political climate in Bowdoinham, ME is leaning conservative.
Sagadahoc County, ME is somewhat liberal. In Sagadahoc County, ME 56.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sagadahoc county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.3% to 40.6%.
Sagadahoc county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bowdoinham, ME is leaning conservative.
Sagadahoc 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.
Bowdoinham, 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 Bowdoinham, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,000 contributions totaling $75,428 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 216 contributions totaling $61,618 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $285 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)