Belgrade leans slightly Democratic by roughly 6 points: about 53% of voters vote Democratic and 47% 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 89% of adults in Belgrade typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Belgrade, ~47% vote Democratic, ~42% Republican, and ~11% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Belgrade compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Belgrade leans more Democratic than 87 of 91 neighbors.
Politically, Belgrade sits close to the rest of Maine.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Belgrade. The north side runs the most Democratic (D+12) and the southeast side runs the most Republican (R+25), a spread of about 37 points.
Why Belgrade 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 Belgrade, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 50% of adults in Belgrade hold a bachelor's degree, about 21 points above the U.S. average of 28%.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Belgrade, ME sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Belgrade looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Belgrade 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 72%, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 93% of households in Belgrade own their home, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Belgrade have completed high school, above 95% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- North Belgrade, ME R+6
- Belgrade Lakes, ME D+3
- Mount Vernon, ME Even
- Sidney, ME R+27
- Weeks Mills, ME R+26
- Oakland, ME R+22
- Readfield, ME R+4
- Vienna, ME R+7
- Manchester, ME R+4
- Smithfield, ME R+20
Cities with Similar Populations
- Wagram, NC R+3
- Dennis, MA D+20
- Brandon, WI R+49
- West Monroe, NY R+34
- Lincoln, MO R+62
- Gold Hill, NC R+68
- Mount Pleasant Mills, PA R+68
- Nashotah, WI R+19
- Campbell, TX R+69
- Ucon, ID R+66
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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.