Madison, ME is a small town located in the central part of Maine with a population of about 1,700 people. The local politics in Madison are largely managed and governed by the Town Council, which consists of five elected members who serve three-year terms. The Town Council is responsible for managing the town's finances, adopting ordinances, and setting public policy within the city limits. Local elections are held every three years to elect new council members and the mayor. The current mayor of Madison is Joe Smith who was elected in 2018. In addition to managing day-to-day activities, the Mayor also serves as chairperson for all meetings of the Council and acts as an advisor to all citizens on matters pertaining to local government. Local political candidates also take part in the elections by campaigning and organizing fundraisers for their campaigns. These local elections give residents an opportunity to choose leaders that share their views and who will best represent them in Town Hall decisions.
The political climate in Madison, ME is moderately conservative.
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
Madison, ME is moderately conservative.
Somerset County, Maine is moderately conservative.
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.
Madison, 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 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 Madison, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 134 contributions totaling $3,664 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $34,160 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,068 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)