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1876–2024
Lewiston-Auburn, ME·Maine

Lewiston-Auburn, ME peaked at D+60; 2024 delivered R+6.

Maine's second-largest metro, reshaped by one of New England's largest Somali communities

1876 — 2024·38 elections
ME
Latest
R+6
in 2024
Archetype
Populist
since the recent cycles
Population
113,423
2024 ACS

Lewiston-Auburn, ME, Maine: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+6%. Democratic peak: D+60 in 1964.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+6MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
PopulistAkashic typology
Population
113,4232024 5-year
Median household income
$67,8732024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
87.6%2024 5-year
Black
5.6%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
2.2%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+60 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+36 in 1896MIT 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
−6.1%
27,01930,60558,847
R
−2.8%
27,61729,26859,361
R
−9.4%
23,00928,22755,601
D
+12.8%
28,98922,23252,862
D
+15.2%
31,01722,67154,850
D
+10.7%
30,50324,51956,067
D
+12.8%
26,25119,94849,245
D
+30.8%
26,42812,05346,731
D
+14.6%
22,24714,17455,144
R
−4.3%
21,16523,06144,585
R
−14.9%
19,88526,90447,000
D
+9.4%
22,71518,39946,080
D
+23.3%
26,48416,33043,665
D
+0.3%
19,50919,40638,924
D
+43.5%
26,82010,39037,752
D
+60.3%
30,0807,44137,535
D
+28.1%
26,09714,65440,751
R
−12.5%
15,84220,38536,227
R
−1.4%
17,56018,04935,676
D
+20.4%
17,40511,44329,165
D
+27.1%
19,07810,92730,039
D
+29.9%
19,27310,39429,707
D
+22.5%
16,65710,48027,477
D
+18.7%
14,4419,83824,562
R
−3.7%
10,94011,79022,854
R
−30.6%
4,7339,68016,187
R
−24.2%
5,7579,56515,724
D
+9.4%
5,4644,49610,286
O
+35.9%
4,51685910,176
R
−16.5%
3,0954,3817,815
R
−31.0%
2,2064,3937,050
R
−18.1%
3,1824,6488,092
R
−36.4%
2,5135,5488,329
R
−10.6%
3,4524,3268,244
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
17.7%
French
17.2%
Irish
14.6%
German
6.6%
American
5.3%
Italian
4.6%
Scottish
3.3%
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: 40.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.5%
85+
1.3%
2.7%
75–84
3.3%
5.3%
65–74
5.8%
6.9%
55–64
7.0%
6.0%
45–54
6.0%
6.2%
35–44
6.3%
6.2%
25–34
6.1%
4.9%
18–24
4.8%
8.0%
5–17
7.5%
2.7%
<5
2.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$67,873
Lewiston-Auburn, ME ranks near the middle of US counties.
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$67,873
Maine$74,733
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
14.4%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1824.5%
Working age (18–64)11.6%
Seniors (65+)12.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.5%
speak English only
Other Indo-European6.6%
Other languages2.2%
Spanish1.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
26.5%
Other Christian
6.2%
Non-Christian
3.5%
Baptist
1.1%
Mainline Protestant
1.0%
Methodist
0.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Lewiston-Auburn has drawn national attention since the early 2000s, when a significant Somali refugee resettlement shifted the demographic profile of what had been a declining Franco-American mill city, producing measurable swings in local electoral patterns.

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

The economic context is the key. The median household income of $67,873 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.

Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Lewiston-Auburn, ME, Maine — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/30340/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Lewiston-Auburn, ME, Maine vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lewiston-Auburn, ME, Maine voted Republican by 6.1 points (R+6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 58,847 votes cast, 27,019 went Democratic and 30,605 went Republican.
What is Lewiston-Auburn, ME, Maine's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Lewiston-Auburn, 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 18 times, Republican 15 times, and other 1 times.
When did Lewiston-Auburn, ME, Maine last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lewiston-Auburn, ME, Maine voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Lewiston-Auburn, ME, Maine?
Lewiston-Auburn, ME, Maine has a population of 113,423 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lewiston-Auburn, ME, Maine?
Median household income in Lewiston-Auburn, ME, Maine is $67,873 — below the national median of $80,734. The Maine state median is $74,733.
What is the political history of Lewiston-Auburn, ME, Maine?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lewiston-Auburn, ME, Maine from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.