04061 leans Republican by roughly 24 points: about 38% of voters vote Democratic and 62% Republican. These figures are model estimates: Maine did not have precinct-level voting records available for training, so the numbers above come from demographic and health features rather than local ground truth.
About 96% of adults in 04061 typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in 04061, ~36% vote Democratic, ~59% Republican, and ~5% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How 04061 compares
Among zip codes within 15 miles, 04061 leans more Republican than 7 of 20 neighbors.
04061 runs about 31 points more Republican than Maine as a whole. Maine leans Democratic overall, while 04061 is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by block within 04061. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+38) and the north side is the least Republican-leaning (R+18), a spread of about 20 points.
Why 04061 leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per zip code to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for 04061, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 81% of households in 04061 are family households, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 67%. 04061 runs against the grain of Maine, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Renting and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; 04061, ME sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in 04061 looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 94% of households in 04061 own their home, about 11 points above the Maine average of 83%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Maine Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations Elections and Commissions, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. ME did not have precinct-level voting records available for training, so the figures here come from extrapolation across demographic, health, and land-use features rather than local ground truth. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.