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1876–2024
Sagadahoc County, Maine
Sagadahoc County·Maine

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

Maine's smallest county by area tilts reliably toward Democratic margins

18762024·38 elections
Sagadahoc County, Maine · Jameslwoodward · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+17
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
37,285
2024 ACS
Most similar
York County
ME · similarity 0.97
10 precincts · 24,456 votes cast
Harris · D+17
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+16.6%
13,9829,91724,456
2020D
+15.5%
13,5289,75524,280
2016D
+6.3%
10,6649,30421,616
2012D
+16.3%
11,8218,42920,794
2008D
+16.1%
12,1528,72121,301
2004D
+7.6%
11,1079,49721,079
2000D
+4.3%
8,8448,05218,406
1996D
+18.1%
8,4175,34616,924
1992D
+4.9%
6,8285,91718,513
1988R
−17.2%
6,2128,82515,158
1984R
−27.6%
5,2089,22214,520
1980R
−2.2%
5,6635,94613,145
1976R
−3.9%
5,5295,98811,876
1972R
−30.8%
3,4146,4639,890
1968D
+14.4%
5,5534,1269,888
1964D
+43.9%
7,0062,7339,740
1960R
−23.4%
3,9656,38610,351
1956R
−45.9%
2,3016,2018,502
1952R
−34.0%
2,8505,7998,668
1948R
−18.7%
2,5563,7456,372
1944D
+1.5%
4,0033,8837,889
1940D
+13.2%
4,5753,5048,092
1936R
−6.1%
3,2733,7077,130
1932R
−20.7%
2,7634,2207,037
1928R
−48.7%
1,5834,6056,208
1924R
−50.7%
1,0843,5184,802
1920R
−38.1%
1,7093,8575,642
1916R
−1.0%
1,7911,8283,730
1912D
+12.8%
1,3318853,497
1908R
−33.8%
8381,7762,775
1904R
−40.9%
7541,9482,918
1900R
−35.0%
1,0252,2453,481
1896R
−46.5%
9572,7253,806
1892R
−26.7%
1,2782,2653,697
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
9.0%
Other Christian
7.9%
Mainline Protestant
2.2%
Baptist
1.8%
Methodist
1.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.0%
Non-Christian
0.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 75.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Sagadahoc, anchored by the small city of Bath and its historic shipbuilding identity, has posted double-digit Democratic presidential margins in recent cycles, standing out as one of coastal Maine's more consistent blue-leaning jurisdictions.

The Democratic margin in Sagadahoc County reached its widest at forty-four points in 1964. The margin in 2024 was seventeen points — still decisive.

Sagadahoc County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $87,806, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 37,285 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 York County and Hancock County.