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1876–2024
Knox County, Maine
Knox County·Maine

Knox County has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

A coastal Maine county that votes Democratic by comfortable double digits

18762024·38 elections
Knox County, Maine · Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+19
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
41,003
2024 ACS
Most similar
Ulster County
NY · similarity 0.99
18 precincts · 25,893 votes cast
Harris · D+19
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+18.6%
15,07610,26225,893
2020D
+19.7%
15,1109,98226,032
2016D
+14.2%
12,4439,14823,147
2012D
+22.5%
13,2238,24822,067
2008D
+21.4%
13,7288,81622,980
2004D
+11.1%
12,69010,10323,247
2000D
+2.4%
9,4538,96820,501
1996D
+14.0%
8,8396,19218,883
1992D
+6.5%
7,6316,31020,338
1988R
−15.9%
7,34310,15617,650
1984R
−30.4%
6,02411,31117,401
1980R
−12.2%
5,7327,63115,581
1976R
−16.2%
5,9228,31514,786
1972R
−40.4%
3,6018,47812,079
1968R
−12.3%
5,1196,58511,918
1964D
+22.9%
7,0224,40411,430
1960R
−40.8%
3,8169,08312,900
1956R
−62.6%
2,0378,86610,903
1952R
−56.8%
2,4148,79311,227
1948R
−46.7%
1,9245,3747,395
1944R
−19.6%
3,7585,5909,363
1940R
−21.7%
4,1976,53010,747
1936R
−23.7%
3,9916,56710,879
1932R
−12.6%
4,7656,16911,159
1928R
−47.7%
2,3326,6609,080
1924R
−44.8%
1,7704,9197,028
1920R
−24.5%
2,9714,9798,183
1916D
+20.9%
3,4342,2115,846
1912D
+30.1%
2,7511,0975,499
1908R
−6.6%
1,9322,2284,452
1904R
−14.5%
1,8662,5384,633
1900D
+0.1%
2,7652,7625,665
1896R
−26.0%
1,9003,2865,324
1892R
−3.7%
2,1362,3215,021
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.
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
12.1%
Other Christian
8.6%
Baptist
3.6%
Mainline Protestant
3.1%
Methodist
1.6%
Non-Christian
1.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 69.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Knox County's rugged Penobscot Bay coastline anchors an economy split between tourism, fishing, and the arts, drawing a mix of longtime residents and transplants whose combined preferences have produced consistent Democratic margins well above the national average.

The Democratic margin in Knox County reached its widest at thirty points in 1912. The margin in 2024 was nineteen points — still decisive.

Knox County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $74,096, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 41,003 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ulster County and Grafton County.