Bar Harbor leans heavily Democratic by roughly 44 points: about 72% of voters vote Democratic and 28% 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 88% of adults in Bar Harbor typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Bar Harbor, ~64% vote Democratic, ~25% Republican, and ~11% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Bar Harbor compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Bar Harbor leans more Democratic than 55 of 57 neighbors.
Bar Harbor runs about 37 points more Democratic than Maine as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Bar Harbor. The northeast side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+55) and the north side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+37), a spread of about 18 points.
Why Bar Harbor leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Bar Harbor, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 68% of adults in Bar Harbor hold a bachelor's degree, about 39 points above the U.S. average of 28%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 34% of adults in Bar Harbor have never been married, above 85% of cities.
Park access and Democratic lean
Places with heavy park coverage tend to lean Democratic; Bar Harbor, ME sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Bar Harbor looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Bar Harbor is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 69%, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 99% of adults in Bar Harbor have completed high school, above 97% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Frenchboro, ME D+4
- Salsbury Cove, ME D+46
- Mount Desert, ME D+37
- Seal Harbor, ME D+44
- Indian Point, ME D+36
- Lamoine, ME D+6
- Southwest Harbor, ME D+10
- Marlboro, ME D+6
- Winter Harbor, ME R+16
Cities with Similar Populations
- Warrenton, NC D+34
- Granite Shoals, TX R+37
- Piketon, OH R+60
- Morrison, TN R+68
- Auburn, NH D+2
- Lewisburg, WV R+23
- Pine Island, MN R+28
- Bristol, FL R+34
- White Hall, MD R+33
- Reed City, MI R+39
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.