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1876–2024
Piscataquis County, Maine
Piscataquis County·Maine

Piscataquis County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

Maine's most sparsely settled county tips decidedly red

18762024·38 elections
Piscataquis County, Maine · Magicpiano · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+29
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
17,263
2024 ACS
Most similar
Chippewa County
MI · similarity 0.98
18 precincts · 10,205 votes cast
Trump · R+29
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−29.2%
3,5106,48710,205
2020R
−26.3%
3,5176,1439,996
2016R
−25.1%
3,0985,4069,182
2012R
−4.3%
4,1494,5308,955
2008R
−3.8%
4,4304,7859,434
2004R
−9.0%
4,4095,2999,940
2000R
−11.9%
3,7454,8459,256
1996D
+17.1%
4,3432,8158,920
1992D
+3.5%
3,3232,97010,031
1988R
−17.8%
3,3234,7888,217
1984R
−28.4%
3,0165,4278,482
1980R
−5.4%
3,5504,0158,555
1976R
−4.4%
3,7274,0848,090
1972R
−29.4%
2,5184,6177,136
1968D
+5.2%
3,5613,1996,918
1964D
+31.8%
4,7812,4737,261
1960R
−26.9%
2,8594,9597,818
1956R
−55.2%
1,5415,3366,877
1952R
−34.5%
2,2614,6526,923
1948R
−19.2%
2,1813,2275,438
1944R
−8.9%
2,9573,5366,494
1940R
−4.2%
3,4993,8067,312
1936R
−13.8%
3,0514,0577,295
1932R
−19.0%
2,8494,1987,099
1928R
−55.8%
1,3534,7926,161
1924R
−57.6%
9744,0315,308
1920R
−38.4%
1,7884,0495,886
1916R
−9.6%
1,7632,1423,955
1912D
+10.7%
1,2108073,770
1908R
−43.4%
8282,1573,060
1904R
−52.0%
6162,0432,742
1900R
−40.0%
8242,0232,997
1896R
−43.2%
9042,3423,328
1892R
−20.1%
1,2491,9093,290
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%
African American
0.8%
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
Other Christian
6.7%
Methodist
4.3%
Catholic & Orthodox
2.3%
Mainline Protestant
2.0%
Baptist
1.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.6%
Non-Christian
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 82.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Piscataquis covers more than 4,300 square miles yet holds fewer than 17,500 residents, making it one of the least dense counties east of the Mississippi. That rural isolation tracks closely with its consistent and widening Republican margins at the presidential level.

The Republican margin in Piscataquis County reached its widest at fifty-eight points in 1924. The margin in 2024 was twenty-nine points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Piscataquis County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $61,345, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 17,263 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 Chippewa County and Jefferson County.