Augusta-Waterville, ME · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain, and this place is a single county: Kennebec County, Maine. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Augusta-Waterville, ME, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2025R+2.2
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+2.7
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 0.5 points.
Domestic migration in Augusta-Waterville, ME in Augusta-Waterville, ME: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−212
2012
−215
2013
−432
2014
+144
2015
−137
2016
+531
2017
+585
2018
+346
2019
+500
2021
+1,389
2022
+1,672
2023
+1,139
2024
+614
2025
+718
Anchored by the state capital and Colby College's home city, this compact metro blends government-sector employment with working-class mill-town demographics, producing competitive margins that frequently mirror Maine's statewide results.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 37.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 49.2 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.7 points.
A population of 126,808, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,077 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lewiston-Auburn, ME and Bangor, ME.
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How did Augusta-Waterville, ME, Maine vote in 2024?
In 2024, Augusta-Waterville, ME, Maine voted Republican by 2.7 points (R+2.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 72,886 votes cast, 34,585 went Democratic and 36,589 went Republican.
When did Augusta-Waterville, ME, Maine last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Augusta-Waterville, ME, Maine voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Augusta-Waterville, ME, Maine?
Augusta-Waterville, ME, Maine has a population of 126,808 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Augusta-Waterville, ME, Maine?
Median household income in Augusta-Waterville, ME, Maine is $69,077 — below the national median of $80,734. The Maine state median is $74,733.
What is the political history of Augusta-Waterville, ME, Maine?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Augusta-Waterville, ME, Maine from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 22 went Republican.
