Lincoln County, Maine: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted D+11%. Republican peak: R+72 in 1956.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+11MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 36,0992024 5-year
- Median household income
- $76,8752024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+32 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+72 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Merrimack County, NH · similarity 0.96
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Lincoln CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Lincoln County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | −11.5% |
| 1896 | −35.5% |
| 1900 | −21.5% |
| 1904 | −24.6% |
| 1908 | −16.6% |
| 1912 | +31.6% |
| 1916 | −1.8% |
| 1920 | −48.4% |
| 1924 | −56.8% |
| 1928 | −58.0% |
| 1932 | −28.2% |
| 1936 | −47.0% |
| 1940 | −36.9% |
| 1944 | −40.1% |
| 1948 | −61.9% |
| 1952 | −67.7% |
| 1956 | −72.1% |
| 1960 | −52.8% |
| 1964 | +12.3% |
| 1968 | −24.6% |
| 1972 | −44.6% |
| 1976 | −21.4% |
| 1980 | −18.6% |
| 1984 | −35.7% |
| 1988 | −24.5% |
| 1992 | +1.6% |
| 1996 | +9.7% |
| 2000 | −4.2% |
| 2004 | +4.4% |
| 2008 | +12.0% |
| 2012 | +11.6% |
| 2016 | +2.4% |
| 2020 | +10.2% |
| 2024 | +11.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 13,110 | 10,409 | 24,003 | ||
| D | 12,684 | 10,256 | 23,857 | ||
| D | 10,241 | 9,727 | 21,503 | ||
| D | 11,315 | 8,899 | 20,757 | ||
| D | 11,886 | 9,287 | 21,584 | ||
| D | 11,351 | 10,370 | 22,142 | ||
| R | 8,634 | 9,457 | 19,671 | ||
| D | 8,130 | 6,372 | 18,173 | ||
| D | 6,714 | 6,405 | 19,036 | ||
| R | 5,939 | 9,837 | 15,920 | ||
| R | 4,869 | 10,312 | 15,236 | ||
| R | 4,776 | 7,434 | 14,259 | ||
| R | 4,818 | 7,554 | 12,797 | ||
| R | 2,903 | 7,580 | 10,487 | ||
| R | 3,380 | 5,659 | 9,261 | ||
| D | 5,099 | 3,984 | 9,094 | ||
| R | 2,337 | 7,562 | 9,899 | ||
| R | 1,164 | 7,191 | 8,355 | ||
| R | 1,299 | 6,766 | 8,074 | ||
| R | 1,095 | 4,743 | 5,894 | ||
| R | 2,102 | 4,919 | 7,030 | ||
| R | 2,415 | 5,244 | 7,664 | ||
| R | 1,850 | 5,252 | 7,232 | ||
| R | 2,602 | 4,666 | 7,309 | ||
| R | 1,181 | 4,470 | 5,669 | ||
| R | 878 | 3,311 | 4,280 | ||
| R | 1,256 | 3,668 | 4,983 | ||
| R | 1,718 | 1,781 | 3,564 | ||
| D | 1,633 | 457 | 3,721 | ||
| R | 1,196 | 1,693 | 3,000 | ||
| R | 1,065 | 1,794 | 2,963 | ||
| R | 1,419 | 2,212 | 3,688 | ||
| R | 1,211 | 2,596 | 3,906 | ||
| R | 1,585 | 2,018 | 3,776 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
26.2%
Irish
14.6%
German
11.5%
French
7.7%
Scottish
7.3%
American
6.6%
Italian
4.1%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 51.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$76,875
Lincoln County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Lincoln County$76,875
Maine$74,733
United States$80,734
Lincoln County ranks in the top 25% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
7.9%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 188.0%
Working age (18–64)7.8%
Seniors (65+)8.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.7%
speak English only
Other Indo-European1.9%
Spanish0.7%
Other languages0.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 79.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Lincoln County hugs Midcoast Maine's peninsula-studded shoreline, drawing seasonal residents and retirees who have tilted the electorate consistently toward Democratic presidential candidates by double-digit margins across recent cycles.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of seventy-two points in 1956 at its widest — Lincoln County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was eleven points.
A median household income of $76,875 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 36,099 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Merrimack County and Caledonia County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lincoln County, Maine vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lincoln County, Maine voted Democratic by 11.3 points (D+11), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 24,003 votes cast, 13,110 went Democratic and 10,409 went Republican.
What is Lincoln County, Maine's political typology?
Akashic places Lincoln County, Maine in the "Realigning Affluent Suburb" typology — College-educated, affluent suburbs — the one bloc moving toward the Democratic Party. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 10 times, Republican 24 times, and other 0 times.
When did Lincoln County, Maine last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Lincoln County, Maine voted Republican was 2000.
How many people live in Lincoln County, Maine?
Lincoln County, Maine has a population of 36,099 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lincoln County, Maine?
Median household income in Lincoln County, Maine is $76,875 — below the national median of $80,734. The Maine state median is $74,733.
What is the political history of Lincoln County, Maine?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lincoln County, Maine from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 24 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.