Bowdoinham leans slightly Republican by roughly 6 points: about 47% of voters vote Democratic and 53% 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 91% of adults in Bowdoinham typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Bowdoinham, ~43% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~9% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Bowdoinham compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Bowdoinham leans more Republican than 69 of 112 neighbors.
Bowdoinham runs about 14 points more Republican than Maine as a whole. Maine leans Democratic overall, while Bowdoinham is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Bowdoinham 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 Bowdoinham, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 77% of households in Bowdoinham are family households, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Bowdoinham runs against the grain of Maine, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Bowdoinham, ME sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Bowdoinham looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Bowdoinham 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 65%, about 5 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 91% of households in Bowdoinham own their home, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Bowdoinham have completed high school, above 87% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Cathance, ME R+6
- Hatchs Corner, ME D+7
- Richmond Corner, ME R+17
- Bowdoin, ME R+20
- Richmond, ME R+13
- Litchfield Plains, ME R+33
- Topsham, ME D+14
- Woolwich, ME D+11
- Dresden, ME R+5
- Litchfield Corners, ME R+25
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- Romulus, NY R+22
- Castalia, NC R+16
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- Bright Star, TX R+78
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- Paris, MI R+37
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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.