Franklin County, Maine

2024 results by precinct

22 precincts · 17,836 votes cast

Trump · R+8

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−8.2%	7,990	9,459	17,836
2020	R	−3.9%	8,069	8,754	17,599
2016	R	−5.5%	7,016	7,918	16,488
2012	D	+18.4%	9,367	6,369	16,282
2008	D	+20.3%	10,113	6,627	17,178
2004	D	+12.1%	9,465	7,378	17,261
2000	D	+7.3%	7,593	6,459	15,448
1996	D	+27.4%	7,759	3,757	14,596
1992	D	+12.9%	6,739	4,608	16,523
1988	R	−9.2%	5,960	7,180	13,256
1984	R	−25.3%	4,954	8,330	13,349
1980	R	−5.8%	4,979	5,680	12,128
1976	R	−5.8%	5,140	5,799	11,384
1972	R	−33.1%	2,988	5,958	8,960
1968	D	+2.1%	4,307	4,127	8,596
1964	D	+33.4%	5,784	2,887	8,673
1960	R	−30.0%	3,304	6,136	9,440
1956	R	−57.9%	1,680	6,307	7,987
1952	R	−46.6%	2,137	5,885	8,036
1948	R	−27.1%	2,135	3,741	5,920
1944	R	−21.9%	2,646	4,127	6,777
1940	R	−17.0%	3,224	4,548	7,779
1936	R	−26.5%	2,859	4,957	7,928
1932	R	−17.5%	3,171	4,521	7,733
1928	R	−53.4%	1,487	4,923	6,432
1924	R	−48.4%	1,123	3,389	4,681
1920	R	−38.9%	1,668	3,820	5,526
1916	R	−2.0%	1,908	1,988	3,985
1912	D	+19.8%	1,421	668	3,803
1908	R	−39.2%	930	2,173	3,174
1904	R	−46.7%	755	2,135	2,955
1900	R	−34.0%	1,085	2,235	3,387
1896	R	−47.6%	886	2,578	3,551
1892	R	−14.4%	1,456	1,964	3,539
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%

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. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 46.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.4%

3.5%

75–84

3.4%

7.2%

65–74

7.5%

7.9%

55–64

8.1%

5.4%

45–54

5.6%

5.4%

35–44

5.4%

5.2%

25–34

5.2%

4.9%

18–24

6.0%

6.6%

5–17

6.5%

2.1%

1.9%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$58,675

Franklin County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Franklin County$58,675

Maine$74,733

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

12.2%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

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

13.5%

Other Christian

5.3%

Mainline Protestant

2.2%

Methodist

2.1%

Baptist

1.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.7%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 74.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Franklin County's mix of mill towns, ski resorts, and working forest has nudged it steadily rightward over the past decade, landing at R+8.2 in 2024 after delivering much narrower margins earlier in the century.

The Democratic margin in Franklin County has rarely exceeded thirty-three points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded fifty-eight points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by eight points.

Franklin County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 93% non-Hispanic-white share, a 12% poverty rate, and a median household income of $58,675 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kennebec County and Androscoggin County.

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