Presque Isle, Maine: Populist market. In 2024, voted R+26%. Republican peak: R+77 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+26MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 67,0582024 5-year
- Median household income
- $56,7002024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+27 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+77 in 1920MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Presque Isle, MEOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 12,900 | 22,246 | 35,653 | ||
| R | 13,956 | 21,080 | 36,210 | ||
| R | 13,386 | 19,419 | 35,097 | ||
| D | 17,777 | 15,196 | 33,860 | ||
| D | 19,345 | 15,898 | 35,994 | ||
| D | 19,569 | 17,564 | 37,733 | ||
| D | 17,196 | 16,555 | 35,143 | ||
| D | 18,022 | 10,400 | 34,792 | ||
| D | 15,682 | 12,409 | 38,585 | ||
| R | 14,850 | 17,213 | 32,246 | ||
| R | 12,348 | 21,837 | 34,338 | ||
| R | 14,492 | 16,343 | 33,846 | ||
| R | 15,484 | 15,550 | 32,051 | ||
| R | 11,474 | 19,051 | 30,547 | ||
| D | 15,044 | 13,919 | 29,236 | ||
| D | 17,552 | 9,994 | 27,549 | ||
| R | 14,799 | 18,698 | 33,497 | ||
| R | 6,089 | 16,001 | 22,090 | ||
| R | 7,561 | 16,851 | 24,476 | ||
| R | 7,183 | 9,459 | 16,740 | ||
| R | 8,017 | 11,678 | 19,717 | ||
| R | 9,877 | 13,888 | 23,804 | ||
| R | 7,704 | 14,708 | 22,736 | ||
| R | 9,409 | 14,054 | 23,631 | ||
| R | 5,771 | 14,545 | 20,357 | ||
| R | 1,510 | 9,554 | 11,707 | ||
| R | 1,407 | 11,191 | 12,648 | ||
| R | 2,425 | 5,770 | 8,293 | ||
| O | 1,924 | 898 | 7,813 | ||
| R | 1,157 | 4,783 | 6,167 | ||
| R | 736 | 4,681 | 5,627 | ||
| R | 1,030 | 4,192 | 5,511 | ||
| R | 1,383 | 4,816 | 6,472 | ||
| R | 1,917 | 2,893 | 5,340 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
19.2%
French
17.8%
Irish
13.2%
American
8.8%
German
5.7%
Scottish
3.8%
Italian
2.7%
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: 48.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$56,700
Presque Isle ranks near the middle of US counties.
Presque Isle$56,700
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 1816.4%
Working age (18–64)13.4%
Seniors (65+)17.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
86.0%
speak English only
Other Indo-European12.5%
Spanish0.8%
Other languages0.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
The Presque Isle market covers a vast, sparsely populated potato-farming region that has shifted measurably toward Republican margins over the past decade, even as Maine's statewide results remain competitive.
The Democratic margin in Presque Isle peaked at twenty-seven points in 1964. By 2016 the market had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was twenty-six points, the most Republican-leaning result in the market's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $56,700 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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Frequently asked questions
How did Presque Isle, Maine vote in 2024?
In 2024, Presque Isle, Maine voted Republican by 26.2 points (R+26), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 35,653 votes cast, 12,900 went Democratic and 22,246 went Republican.
What is Presque Isle, Maine's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Presque Isle, Maine as a "Populist" market based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the market has voted Democratic 8 times, Republican 25 times, and other 1 times.
When did Presque Isle, Maine last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Presque Isle, Maine voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Presque Isle, Maine?
Presque Isle, Maine has a population of 67,058 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Presque Isle, Maine?
Median household income in Presque Isle, Maine is $56,700 — below the national median of $80,734. The Maine state median is $74,733.
What is the political history of Presque Isle, Maine?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Presque Isle, Maine from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The market's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.