combined metro areaPortland-Lewiston-South Portland, ME
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004D+13.2
2008D+23.8
2012D+20.8
2016D+12.9
2020D+21.4
2024D+20.2
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 76.1% of 537,051 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
241,086
158,680
9,031
408,797
537,051
76.1%
2020
241,093
153,424
16,080
410,597
509,040
80.7%
2016
192,498
145,643
25,168
363,309
494,361
73.5%
2012
204,311
132,382
8,806
345,499
480,951
71.8%
2008
213,186
129,967
6,310
349,463
475,497
73.5%
2004
195,158
148,926
6,057
350,141
470,043†
74.5%
† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
4 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupPortland-Lewiston-South Portland, MEMaineUnited States
English20.9%21.8%9.5%
Irish18.1%16.5%9.4%
French11.1%11.3%1.6%
German8.1%7.8%12.5%
French Canadian7.1%6.1%—
Italian6.4%5.4%4.8%
American4.6%5.9%5.3%
Scottish4.2%4.4%1.3%
African American†1.7%0.9%9.9%
Somali0.4%0.2%—
African0.3%—0.5%
Mexican0.7%0.6%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%0.5%1.8%
Spanish0.2%——
Chinese0.4%0.2%1.3%
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Vietnamese0.2%—0.6%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, ME
Maine
United States
Median age
43.2
44.8
39.1
Age 18–24
8.1%
8.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.0%
22.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, ME
Maine
United States
Median household income
$88,226
$74,733
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.8%
10.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
42.2%
36.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, ME
Maine
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.2%
6.1%
22.3%
Spanish
1.1%
1.0%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
2.5%
2.3%
0.7%
Religious landscape
Measure
Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, ME
Maine
United States
Catholic
18.9%
16.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
5.3%
6.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
66.6%
69.3%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, ME
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−9.9%
1896
−36.5%
1900
−22.8%
1904
−33.8%
1908
−24.9%
1912
+18.1%
1916
−1.1%
1920
−34.5%
1924
−45.6%
1928
−28.1%
1932
−9.8%
1936
−0.9%
1940
+9.6%
1944
+6.8%
1948
−3.1%
1952
−22.6%
1956
−31.1%
1960
−2.3%
1964
+45.3%
1968
+23.0%
1972
−15.5%
1976
+5.7%
1980
+1.0%
1984
−16.9%
1988
−11.1%
1992
+8.8%
1996
+21.7%
2000
+8.9%
2004
+13.2%
2008
+23.8%
2012
+20.8%
2016
+12.9%
2020
+21.4%
2024
+20.2%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
59.0%Harris241,086
38.8%Trump158,680
1.1%Stein4,551 +3
D+20.2
R+1.2
D+21.6
408,797
All 6 candidates in 2024 · 4 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic59.0%241,086
Donald J TrumpRepublican38.8%158,680
Jill SteinIndependent1.1%4,551
Chase OliverLibertarian0.6%2,642
Cornel WestIndependent0.4%1,510
OthersIndependent0.1%328
D
58.7%Biden241,093
37.4%Trump153,424
3.9%
D+21.4
D+8.5
D+16.9
410,597
D
53.0%Clinton192,498
40.1%Trump145,643
6.9%
D+12.9
R+7.9
D+10.8
363,309
D
59.1%Obama204,311
38.3%Romney132,382
2.5%
D+20.8
R+3.0
D+17.0
345,499
D
61.0%Obama213,186
37.2%McCain129,967
1.8%
D+23.8
D+10.6
D+16.5
349,463
D
55.7%Kerry195,158
42.5%Bush148,926
1.7%
D+13.2
D+4.3
D+15.7
350,141
D
51.2%Gore155,916
42.3%Bush128,847
6.6%
D+8.9
R+12.9
D+8.4
304,821
D
53.1%Clinton146,658
31.4%Dole86,613
15.6%
D+21.7
D+12.9
D+13.2
276,244
D
40.5%Clinton125,363
31.7%Bush98,084
27.9%
D+8.8
D+19.9
D+3.2
309,742
R
44.1%Dukakis112,859
55.2%Bush141,248
0.8%
R+11.1
D+5.9
R+3.4
256,067
R
41.4%Mondale103,228
58.3%Reagan145,522
0.3%
R+16.9
R+18.0
D+1.3
249,616
D
44.3%Carter103,994
43.3%Reagan101,577
12.3%
D+1.0
R+4.7
D+10.8
234,523
D
51.6%Carter111,016
45.9%Ford98,657
2.5%
D+5.7
D+21.2
D+3.7
215,083
R
42.2%McGovern78,713
57.7%Nixon107,589
0.0%
R+15.5
R+38.5
D+7.7
186,367
D
60.7%Humphrey105,887
37.7%Nixon65,722
1.6%
D+23.0
R+22.3
D+23.7
174,340
D
72.6%Johnson122,013
27.3%Goldwater45,878
0.1%
D+45.3
D+47.6
D+22.7
168,014
R
48.8%Kennedy89,786
51.2%Nixon94,074
0.0%
R+2.3
D+28.7
R+2.5
183,864
R
34.5%Stevenson55,491
65.5%Eisenhower105,538
0.0%
R+31.1
R+8.5
R+15.7
161,029
R
38.6%Stevenson61,765
61.2%Eisenhower97,850
0.2%
R+22.6
R+19.5
R+11.8
159,906
R
47.9%Truman59,428
51.0%Dewey63,291
1.2%
R+3.1
R+9.9
R+7.6
124,159
D
53.3%Roosevelt71,324
46.6%Dewey62,281
0.1%
D+6.8
R+2.8
R+0.7
133,753
D
54.7%Roosevelt73,035
45.1%Willkie60,240
0.1%
D+9.6
D+10.5
R+0.4
133,436
R
48.4%Roosevelt60,842
49.3%Landon62,035
2.3%
R+0.9
D+8.9
R+25.2
125,707
R
44.6%Roosevelt52,619
54.4%Hoover64,223
0.9%
R+9.8
D+18.3
R+27.6
117,951
R
35.7%Smith38,201
63.9%Hoover68,256
0.4%
R+28.1
D+17.5
R+10.7
106,878
R
23.5%Davis18,899
69.1%Coolidge55,629
7.5%
R+45.6
R+11.1
R+20.4
80,536
R
32.0%Cox24,802
66.5%Harding51,581
1.5%
R+34.5
R+33.4
R+8.4
77,531
R
48.4%Wilson23,904
49.5%Hughes24,467
2.1%
R+1.1
R+19.3
R+4.3
49,412
D
41.0%Wilson19,448
22.9%Taft10,858
36.1%
D+18.1
D+43.0
R+1.4
47,423
R
35.3%Bryan13,758
60.2%Taft23,450
4.5%
R+24.9
D+9.0
R+15.3
38,963
R
30.6%Parker10,815
64.4%Roosevelt22,793
5.0%
R+33.8
R+11.1
R+14.2
35,395
R
37.0%Bryan14,023
59.8%McKinley22,666
3.3%
R+22.8
D+13.7
R+15.2
37,928
R
30.0%Bryan12,101
66.5%McKinley26,822
3.5%
R+36.5
R+26.6
R+30.4
40,337
R
43.3%Cleveland18,017
53.2%Harrison22,143
3.5%
R+9.9
—
R+11.6
41,624
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
55.1%223,059
30.4%123,022
404,792
2020
D
48.3%196,102
45.1%183,221
406,291
2018
D
64.6%178,870
35.4%98,117
277,004
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2025D+14.1
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+20.2
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 6.0 points more Republican.
Domestic migration in Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, ME in Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, ME: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+580
2012
+580
2013
+522
2014
+1,585
2015
+1,145
2016
+1,956
2017
+2,845
2018
+3,434
2019
+3,324
2021
+7,830
2022
+5,210
2023
+3,246
2024
+1,732
2025
+3,031
Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, ME sits in New England. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 45.3 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 45.6 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 1.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.2 points.
A population of 676,266, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $88,226 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Keene-Brattleboro, NH-VT and Burlington-South Burlington-Barre, VT.
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How did Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, ME, Maine vote in 2024?
In 2024, Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, ME, Maine voted Democratic by 20.2 points (D+20.2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 408,797 votes cast, 241,086 went Democratic and 158,680 went Republican.
When did Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, ME, Maine last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, ME, Maine voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, ME, Maine?
Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, ME, Maine has a population of 676,266 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, ME, Maine?
Median household income in Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, ME, Maine is $88,226 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maine state median is $74,733.
What is the political history of Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, ME, Maine?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, ME, Maine from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 18 went Republican.
