Wayne, ME is a small town located in rural Maine with a population of about 4,000 people. Despite its small size, Wayne has an active political scene and local politics are important to residents. Local politicians focus on issues that are important to the community such as funding for schools, improving roads and infrastructure, preserving its natural resources, and supporting businesses. Elections are contested by candidates from a variety of backgrounds and experience levels who have different ideas for how to improve the quality of life for all of Wayne鈥檚 residents. In addition to local elections, people in Wayne can also participate in national campaigns and get involved in larger conversations around politics. However, no matter what election or issue they choose to engage with, locals take their political engagement seriously and are proud to be part of this vibrant community.
The political climate in Wayne, ME is somewhat conservative.
Kennebec County, ME is leaning liberal. In Kennebec County, ME 48.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kennebec county flipped narrowly Democratic, 48.6% to 48.3%.
Kennebec county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wayne, ME is somewhat conservative.
Kennebec County, Maine is leaning liberal.
Augusta-Waterville Metro Area is leaning 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.
Wayne, Maine: D d D D r 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 Wayne, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 192 contributions totaling $18,115 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 145 contributions totaling $7,648 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)