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1876–2024
Androscoggin County, Maine
Androscoggin County·Maine

Androscoggin County votes the way the country votes.

A former mill-town corridor that has shifted steadily rightward since 2008

18762024·38 elections
Androscoggin County, Maine · No machine-readable author provided. Varing assumed (based on copyright claims). · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+6
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
113,423
2024 ACS
Most similar
Kennebec County
ME · similarity 0.98
14 precincts · 58,847 votes cast
Trump · R+6
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−6.1%
27,01930,60558,847
2020R
−2.8%
27,61729,26859,361
2016R
−9.4%
23,00928,22755,601
2012D
+12.8%
28,98922,23252,862
2008D
+15.2%
31,01722,67154,850
2004D
+10.7%
30,50324,51956,067
2000D
+12.8%
26,25119,94849,245
1996D
+30.8%
26,42812,05346,731
1992D
+14.6%
22,24714,17455,144
1988R
−4.3%
21,16523,06144,585
1984R
−14.9%
19,88526,90447,000
1980D
+9.4%
22,71518,39946,080
1976D
+23.3%
26,48416,33043,665
1972D
+0.3%
19,50919,40638,924
1968D
+43.5%
26,82010,39037,752
1964D
+60.3%
30,0807,44137,535
1960D
+28.1%
26,09714,65440,751
1956R
−12.5%
15,84220,38536,227
1952R
−1.4%
17,56018,04935,676
1948D
+20.4%
17,40511,44329,165
1944D
+27.1%
19,07810,92730,039
1940D
+29.9%
19,27310,39429,707
1936D
+22.5%
16,65710,48027,477
1932D
+18.7%
14,4419,83824,562
1928R
−3.7%
10,94011,79022,854
1924R
−30.6%
4,7339,68016,187
1920R
−24.2%
5,7579,56515,724
1916D
+9.4%
5,4644,49610,286
1912D
+35.9%
4,51685910,176
1908R
−16.5%
3,0954,3817,815
1904R
−31.0%
2,2064,3937,050
1900R
−18.1%
3,1824,6488,092
1896R
−36.4%
2,5135,5488,329
1892R
−10.6%
3,4524,3268,244
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Polish
0.5%
African American
4.5%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
26.5%
Other Christian
6.2%
Non-Christian
3.5%
Baptist
1.1%
Mainline Protestant
1.0%
Methodist
0.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Anchored by Lewiston-Auburn, Maine's second-largest metro, Androscoggin spent decades as a Democratic stronghold built on organized labor before posting a Republican margin in 2024 — a realignment driven largely by working-class Catholic and Franco-American voters.

The Democratic margin in Androscoggin County has rarely exceeded sixty points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded thirty-six points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by six points.

Androscoggin County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 88% non-Hispanic-white share, a 14% poverty rate, and a median household income of $67,873 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kennebec County and Franklin County.