Sagadahoc County, Maine: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted D+17%. Republican peak: R+51 in 1924.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+17MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 37,2852024 5-year
- Median household income
- $87,8062024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+44 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+51 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- York County, ME · similarity 0.97
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Sagadahoc CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Sagadahoc County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
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 | −26.7% |
| 1896 | −46.5% |
| 1900 | −35.0% |
| 1904 | −40.9% |
| 1908 | −33.8% |
| 1912 | +12.8% |
| 1916 | −1.0% |
| 1920 | −38.1% |
| 1924 | −50.7% |
| 1928 | −48.7% |
| 1932 | −20.7% |
| 1936 | −6.1% |
| 1940 | +13.2% |
| 1944 | +1.5% |
| 1948 | −18.7% |
| 1952 | −34.0% |
| 1956 | −45.9% |
| 1960 | −23.4% |
| 1964 | +43.9% |
| 1968 | +14.4% |
| 1972 | −30.8% |
| 1976 | −3.9% |
| 1980 | −2.2% |
| 1984 | −27.6% |
| 1988 | −17.2% |
| 1992 | +4.9% |
| 1996 | +18.1% |
| 2000 | +4.3% |
| 2004 | +7.6% |
| 2008 | +16.1% |
| 2012 | +16.3% |
| 2016 | +6.3% |
| 2020 | +15.5% |
| 2024 | +16.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 13,982 | 9,917 | 24,456 | ||
| D | 13,528 | 9,755 | 24,280 | ||
| D | 10,664 | 9,304 | 21,616 | ||
| D | 11,821 | 8,429 | 20,794 | ||
| D | 12,152 | 8,721 | 21,301 | ||
| D | 11,107 | 9,497 | 21,079 | ||
| D | 8,844 | 8,052 | 18,406 | ||
| D | 8,417 | 5,346 | 16,924 | ||
| D | 6,828 | 5,917 | 18,513 | ||
| R | 6,212 | 8,825 | 15,158 | ||
| R | 5,208 | 9,222 | 14,520 | ||
| R | 5,663 | 5,946 | 13,145 | ||
| R | 5,529 | 5,988 | 11,876 | ||
| R | 3,414 | 6,463 | 9,890 | ||
| D | 5,553 | 4,126 | 9,888 | ||
| D | 7,006 | 2,733 | 9,740 | ||
| R | 3,965 | 6,386 | 10,351 | ||
| R | 2,301 | 6,201 | 8,502 | ||
| R | 2,850 | 5,799 | 8,668 | ||
| R | 2,556 | 3,745 | 6,372 | ||
| D | 4,003 | 3,883 | 7,889 | ||
| D | 4,575 | 3,504 | 8,092 | ||
| R | 3,273 | 3,707 | 7,130 | ||
| R | 2,763 | 4,220 | 7,037 | ||
| R | 1,583 | 4,605 | 6,208 | ||
| R | 1,084 | 3,518 | 4,802 | ||
| R | 1,709 | 3,857 | 5,642 | ||
| R | 1,791 | 1,828 | 3,730 | ||
| D | 1,331 | 885 | 3,497 | ||
| R | 838 | 1,776 | 2,775 | ||
| R | 754 | 1,948 | 2,918 | ||
| R | 1,025 | 2,245 | 3,481 | ||
| R | 957 | 2,725 | 3,806 | ||
| R | 1,278 | 2,265 | 3,697 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
24.4%
Irish
14.9%
German
12.0%
French
10.2%
Scottish
6.8%
American
5.3%
Italian
4.8%
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: 47.3 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
$87,806
Sagadahoc County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
Sagadahoc County$87,806
Maine$74,733
United States$80,734
Sagadahoc County ranks in the top 10% 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
10.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1810.3%
Working age (18–64)9.0%
Seniors (65+)17.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.2%
speak English only
Other Indo-European1.9%
Spanish0.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 75.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Sagadahoc, anchored by the small city of Bath and its historic shipbuilding identity, has posted double-digit Democratic presidential margins in recent cycles, standing out as one of coastal Maine's more consistent blue-leaning jurisdictions.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of fifty-one points in 1924 at its widest — Sagadahoc County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was seventeen points.
A median household income of $87,806 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 37,285 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of York County and Hancock County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Sagadahoc County, Maine vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sagadahoc County, Maine voted Democratic by 16.6 points (D+17), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 24,456 votes cast, 13,982 went Democratic and 9,917 went Republican.
What is Sagadahoc County, Maine's political typology?
Akashic places Sagadahoc 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 14 times, Republican 20 times, and other 0 times.
When did Sagadahoc County, Maine last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Sagadahoc County, Maine voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Sagadahoc County, Maine?
Sagadahoc County, Maine has a population of 37,285 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sagadahoc County, Maine?
Median household income in Sagadahoc County, Maine is $87,806 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maine state median is $74,733.
What is the political history of Sagadahoc County, Maine?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sagadahoc County, Maine from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 20 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.