Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area — Elections 1876–2024

Portland-South Portland, ME, Maine: Urban anchor metro. In 2024, voted D+24%. Republican peak: R+49 in 1924.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: D+24MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Urban anchorAkashic typology
Population: 562,8432024 5-year
Median household income: $92,3282024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 88.4%2024 5-year
Black: 2.4%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 2.5%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+41 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+49 in 1924MIT Election Lab

2024 results by constituent county

3 counties · 3 D · 0 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).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+24.3%	213,766	128,664	350,293
2020	D	+25.4%	213,476	124,156	351,236
2016	D	+16.9%	169,489	117,416	307,708
2012	D	+22.3%	175,322	110,150	292,637
2008	D	+25.4%	182,169	107,296	294,613
2004	D	+13.7%	164,655	124,407	294,074
2000	D	+8.1%	129,665	108,899	255,576
1996	D	+19.9%	120,230	74,560	229,513
1992	D	+7.5%	103,116	83,910	254,598
1988	R	−12.5%	91,694	118,187	211,482
1984	R	−17.4%	83,343	118,618	202,616
1980	R	−1.0%	81,279	83,178	188,443
1976	D	+1.3%	84,532	82,327	171,418
1972	R	−19.7%	59,204	88,183	147,443
1968	D	+17.4%	79,067	55,332	136,588
1964	D	+41.0%	91,933	38,437	130,479
1960	R	−11.0%	63,689	79,420	143,113
1956	R	−36.5%	39,649	85,153	124,802
1952	R	−28.7%	44,205	79,801	124,230
1948	R	−10.3%	42,023	51,848	94,994
1944	D	+0.9%	52,246	51,354	103,714
1940	D	+3.8%	53,762	49,846	103,729
1936	R	−7.5%	44,185	51,555	98,230
1932	R	−17.4%	38,178	54,385	93,389
1928	R	−34.8%	27,261	56,466	84,024
1924	R	−49.4%	14,166	45,949	64,349
1920	R	−37.2%	19,045	42,016	61,807
1916	R	−3.9%	18,440	19,971	39,126
1912	D	+13.2%	14,932	9,999	37,247
1908	R	−27.0%	10,663	19,069	31,148
1904	R	−34.5%	8,609	18,400	28,345
1900	R	−24.1%	10,841	18,018	29,836
1896	R	−36.5%	9,588	21,274	32,008
1892	R	−9.7%	14,565	17,817	33,380
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.

English

21.5%

Irish

18.8%

French

9.9%

German

8.4%

Italian

6.8%

American

4.5%

Scottish

4.4%

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: 43.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.4%

2.9%

75–84

3.5%

6.0%

65–74

6.8%

7.1%

55–64

7.7%

6.1%

45–54

6.2%

6.5%

35–44

6.4%

6.5%

25–34

6.6%

3.9%

18–24

3.8%

6.9%

5–17

6.5%

2.3%

2.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$92,328

Portland-South Portland, ME ranks near the middle of US counties.

Portland-South Portland, ME$92,328

Maine$74,733

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

7.6%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 188.6%

Working age (18–64)7.3%

Seniors (65+)9.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

93.4%

speak English only

Other Indo-European3.5%

Spanish1.1%

Asian & Pacific Islander1.0%

Other languages0.9%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

17.7%

Other Christian

5.5%

Non-Christian

3.2%

Mainline Protestant

3.0%

Methodist

1.0%

Baptist

1.0%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Portland anchors Cumberland County, the state's most populous and most reliably left-leaning region, but Maine's strong independent voter culture means even this metro's outcomes resist straight-ticket prediction.

The Democratic margin in Portland-South Portland, ME has been steady. It reached its modern peak at forty-one points in 1964; the 2024 margin was twenty-four points, still in line with the metro's long pattern.

Its political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $92,328, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Portland-South Portland, ME, Maine vote in 2024?

In 2024, Portland-South Portland, ME, Maine voted Democratic by 24.3 points (D+24), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 350,293 votes cast, 213,766 went Democratic and 128,664 went Republican.

What is Portland-South Portland, ME, Maine's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Portland-South Portland, ME, Maine as a "Urban anchor" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 15 times, Republican 19 times, and other 0 times.

When did Portland-South Portland, ME, Maine last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which Portland-South Portland, ME, Maine voted Republican was 1988.

How many people live in Portland-South Portland, ME, Maine?

Portland-South Portland, ME, Maine has a population of 562,843 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Portland-South Portland, ME, Maine?

Median household income in Portland-South Portland, ME, Maine is $92,328 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maine state median is $74,733.

What is the political history of Portland-South Portland, ME, Maine?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Portland-South Portland, ME, Maine from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 19 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Urban anchor" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Portland-South Portland, ME has voted Democratic by double digits in every cycle this century.

Key facts

Demographics

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