Buxton Center leans Republican by roughly 26 points: about 37% of voters vote Democratic and 63% 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 63% of adults in Buxton Center typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Buxton Center, ~23% vote Democratic, ~40% Republican, and ~37% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Buxton Center compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Buxton Center leans more Republican than 59 of 84 neighbors.
Buxton Center runs about 33 points more Republican than Maine as a whole. Maine leans Democratic overall, while Buxton Center is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Buxton Center 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 Buxton Center, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 76% of households in Buxton Center are family households, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Buxton Center runs against the grain of Maine, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Buxton Center, ME sits above the national average 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 Buxton Center looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Buxton Center 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%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Buxton Center have completed high school, in the top fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- West Buxton, ME R+20
- Buxton, ME R+15
- Gorham, ME D+4
- Shaw Mills, ME R+13
- Salmon Falls, ME R+30
- Hollis Center, ME R+30
- West Hollis, ME R+29
- Standish, ME R+9
- Westbrook, ME D+17
- Steep Falls, ME R+21
Cities with Similar Populations
- Adirondack, NY R+19
- Garner, AR R+72
- Neylandville, TX R+53
- Pine Orchard, TN R+74
- Welcome, LA D+85
- Carlton, NY R+37
- Nineveh, TX R+65
- Fairfield, WA R+53
- Chevy Chase Section Five, MD D+72
- Willet, NY R+51
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.