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1876–2024
Bangor, ME·Maine

Bangor, ME peaked at D+33; 2024 delivered R+11.

Penobscot River hub where rural and urban voting patterns collide

1876 — 2024·38 elections
ME
Latest
R+11
in 2024
Archetype
Populist
since the recent cycles
Population
154,710
2024 ACS

Bangor, ME, Maine: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+11%. Republican peak: R+57 in 1924.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+11MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
PopulistAkashic typology
Population
154,7102024 5-year
Median household income
$66,3562024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
91.8%2024 5-year
Black
1.2%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
2.1%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+33 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+57 in 1924MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
1 counties · 0 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−10.9%
37,94547,43887,073
R
−8.3%
37,71344,82586,133
R
−10.9%
32,83841,62280,540
D
+2.9%
38,81136,54777,306
D
+5.0%
41,51437,49580,367
D
+0.1%
40,41740,31882,112
R
−3.8%
32,86835,62073,206
D
+18.5%
35,96122,88570,517
D
+6.5%
29,48524,21880,444
R
−10.2%
28,42934,91263,754
R
−24.5%
24,44540,40365,054
R
−3.7%
26,51928,86962,793
R
−7.8%
24,67229,01655,613
R
−23.9%
18,55230,18648,749
D
+9.6%
24,32720,01144,999
D
+33.1%
28,76614,44943,232
R
−19.5%
19,17528,45947,634
R
−52.9%
8,56827,80636,374
R
−37.3%
11,22224,61435,885
R
−20.7%
10,70516,36727,315
R
−12.0%
13,29216,93430,264
R
−11.7%
14,75718,67433,471
R
−29.8%
9,73219,07731,368
R
−18.3%
13,05818,98732,317
R
−40.8%
9,11421,75030,960
R
−57.0%
3,61815,08120,128
R
−39.4%
6,11014,14520,398
R
−0.2%
7,2947,32414,823
O
+12.3%
5,0933,36714,082
R
−34.3%
3,5257,33611,110
R
−50.3%
2,2257,0139,523
R
−30.3%
3,6156,87310,761
R
−34.6%
4,0318,41412,668
R
−17.4%
4,5166,57111,781
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
21.2%
Irish
15.4%
French
11.4%
American
8.0%
German
6.5%
Italian
4.8%
Scottish
4.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 42.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.9%
85+
1.4%
2.5%
75–84
3.1%
5.9%
65–74
6.3%
7.3%
55–64
7.6%
6.1%
45–54
6.1%
6.0%
35–44
6.3%
6.4%
25–34
6.2%
5.5%
18–24
4.8%
7.0%
5–17
6.4%
2.1%
<5
2.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$66,356
Bangor, ME ranks near the middle of US counties.
Bangor, ME$66,356
Maine$74,733
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
14.1%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.6%
Working age (18–64)13.8%
Seniors (65+)13.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.1%
speak English only
Other Indo-European2.3%
Spanish1.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.7%
Other languages0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
15.6%
Other Christian
7.2%
Methodist
1.9%
Mainline Protestant
1.4%
Baptist
1.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.0%
Non-Christian
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 71.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Bangor anchors Maine's third congressional district, a media market where mill-town precincts and college-adjacent neighborhoods produce persistently split tickets and competitive margins in statewide races.

The Democratic margin in Bangor, ME peaked at thirty-three points in 1964. By 2016 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was eleven points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.

The economic context is the key. The median household income of $66,356 sits well below state and national norms, and 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.

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All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Bangor, ME, Maine — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/12620/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Bangor, ME, Maine vote in 2024?
In 2024, Bangor, ME, Maine voted Republican by 10.9 points (R+11), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 87,073 votes cast, 37,945 went Democratic and 47,438 went Republican.
What is Bangor, ME, Maine's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Bangor, ME, Maine as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 7 times, Republican 26 times, and other 1 times.
When did Bangor, ME, Maine last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Bangor, ME, Maine voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Bangor, ME, Maine?
Bangor, ME, Maine has a population of 154,710 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bangor, ME, Maine?
Median household income in Bangor, ME, Maine is $66,356 — below the national median of $80,734. The Maine state median is $74,733.
What is the political history of Bangor, ME, Maine?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Bangor, ME, Maine from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 26 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.