Hancock County, Maine
Precinct data
Results by precinct
37 precincts · 36,253 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct 091302300909130 | 2,480 | 2,483 | 128 | 5,091 | 48.7% | 48.8% | R+0.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct 090302300909030 | 2,723 | 863 | 134 | 3,720 | 73.2% | 23.2% | D+50.0 |
| Precinct 090702300909070 | 1,427 | 1,529 | 57 | 3,013 | 47.4% | 50.7% | R+3.4 |
| Precinct 090402300909040 | 1,411 | 646 | 62 | 2,119 | 66.6% | 30.5% | D+36.1 |
| Precinct 092202300909220 | 770 | 787 | 33 | 1,590 | 48.4% | 49.5% | R+1.1 |
| Precinct 091702300909170 | 702 | 818 | 29 | 1,549 | 45.3% | 52.8% | R+7.5 |
| Precinct 092102300909210 | 1,050 | 346 | 42 | 1,438 | 73.0% | 24.1% | D+49.0 |
| Precinct 091102300909110 | 788 | 554 | 29 | 1,371 | 57.5% | 40.4% | D+17.1 |
| Precinct 091802300909180 | 643 | 583 | 31 | 1,257 | 51.2% | 46.4% | D+4.8 |
| Precinct 091002300909100 | 588 | 618 | 24 | 1,230 | 47.8% | 50.2% | R+2.4 |
| Precinct 093102300909310 | 635 | 527 | 32 | 1,194 | 53.2% | 44.1% | D+9.0 |
| Precinct 091502300909150 | 522 | 646 | 17 | 1,185 | 44.1% | 54.5% | R+10.5 |
| Precinct 092802300909280 | 760 | 386 | 21 | 1,167 | 65.1% | 33.1% | D+32.0 |
| Precinct 093402300909340 | 526 | 482 | 36 | 1,044 | 50.4% | 46.2% | D+4.2 |
| Precinct 091402300909140 | 429 | 553 | 20 | 1,002 | 42.8% | 55.2% | R+12.4 |
| Precinct 092602300909260 | 554 | 321 | 20 | 895 | 61.9% | 35.9% | D+26.0 |
| Precinct 092502300909250 | 502 | 335 | 28 | 865 | 58.0% | 38.7% | D+19.3 |
| Precinct 093002300909300 | 373 | 403 | 13 | 789 | 47.3% | 51.1% | R+3.8 |
| Precinct 090602300909060 | 450 | 226 | 27 | 703 | 64.0% | 32.1% | D+31.9 |
| Precinct 090502300909050 | 457 | 185 | 23 | 665 | 68.7% | 27.8% | D+40.9 |
| Precinct 092902300909290 | 394 | 250 | 13 | 657 | 60.0% | 38.1% | D+21.9 |
| Precinct 090802300909080 | 404 | 141 | 19 | 564 | 71.6% | 25.0% | D+46.6 |
| Precinct 092402300909240 | 165 | 350 | 2 | 517 | 31.9% | 67.7% | R+35.8 |
| Precinct 093502300909350 | 162 | 204 | 7 | 373 | 43.4% | 54.7% | R+11.3 |
| Precinct 092002300909200 | 139 | 207 | 3 | 349 | 39.8% | 59.3% | R+19.5 |
| Precinct 093702300909370 | 150 | 181 | 4 | 335 | 44.8% | 54.0% | R+9.3 |
| Precinct 093202300909320 | 136 | 153 | 8 | 297 | 45.8% | 51.5% | R+5.7 |
| Precinct 093602300909360 | 66 | 194 | 3 | 263 | 25.1% | 73.8% | R+48.7 |
| Precinct 091202300909120 | 92 | 167 | 2 | 261 | 35.2% | 64.0% | R+28.7 |
| Precinct 090102300909010 | 73 | 135 | 4 | 212 | 34.4% | 63.7% | R+29.2 |
| Precinct 092702300909270 | 91 | 111 | 3 | 205 | 44.4% | 54.1% | R+9.8 |
| Precinct 090902300909090 | 91 | 36 | 7 | 134 | 67.9% | 26.9% | D+41.0 |
| Precinct 090202300909020 | 26 | 48 | 2 | 76 | 34.2% | 63.2% | R+28.9 |
| Precinct 092302300909230 | 11 | 36 | 1 | 48 | 22.9% | 75.0% | R+52.1 |
| Precinct 091602300909160 | 16 | 27 | 1 | 44 | 36.4% | 61.4% | R+25.0 |
| Precinct 091902300909190 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 31 | 35.5% | 64.5% | R+29.0 |
| Precinct 093302300909330 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −10.9% |
| 1896 | −40.1% |
| 1900 | −29.2% |
| 1904 | −36.6% |
| 1908 | −25.7% |
| 1912 | +20.4% |
| 1916 | +1.7% |
| 1920 | −44.1% |
| 1924 | −57.7% |
| 1928 | −64.0% |
| 1932 | −28.8% |
| 1936 | −46.0% |
| 1940 | −32.8% |
| 1944 | −37.5% |
| 1948 | −56.5% |
| 1952 | −66.6% |
| 1956 | −73.8% |
| 1960 | −56.6% |
| 1964 | +8.1% |
| 1968 | −27.8% |
| 1972 | −47.9% |
| 1976 | −27.2% |
| 1980 | −20.7% |
| 1984 | −30.6% |
| 1988 | −13.1% |
| 1992 | +5.1% |
| 1996 | +14.8% |
| 2000 | +0.9% |
| 2004 | +11.0% |
| 2008 | +19.3% |
| 2012 | +17.0% |
| 2016 | +7.5% |
| 2020 | +12.3% |
| 2024 | +11.8% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 6.8 points more Republican.
45,296 registered voters · 2025
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+174 net domestic migration · 2025
Net +3,878 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $82,078 in average income, against $78,466 for residents who stayed — 5% higher. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+4.0 on average — 16 points more Republican-leaning than Hancock County, ME itself (D+11.8).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Penobscot County, ME254R+10.9
- Waldo County, ME62D+3.4
- Washington County, ME59R+23.5
- Cumberland County, ME58D+35.3
- York County, ME43D+10.5
- Kennebec County, ME31R+2.7
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Penobscot County, ME294
- Cumberland County, ME77
- Washington County, ME63
- Waldo County, ME61
- York County, ME29
- Knox County, ME27
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | +182 |
| 2012 | +14 |
| 2013 | +103 |
| 2014 | −51 |
| 2015 | −151 |
| 2016 | +285 |
| 2017 | +192 |
| 2018 | +356 |
| 2019 | +432 |
| 2021 | +1,209 |
| 2022 | +549 |
| 2023 | +289 |
| 2024 | +295 |
| 2025 | +174 |
Hancock County's mix of summer resort towns like Bar Harbor and working fishing communities along Penobscot Bay produces a Democratic lean that has held consistently, with Biden and Harris both carrying it by double digits in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 20.4 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 73.8 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 0.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 11.8 points.
A population of 56,460, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,744 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Waldo County and Lincoln County.
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Hancock County, Maine. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/23009/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.