Cumberland Foreside leans heavily Democratic by roughly 34 points: about 67% of voters vote Democratic and 33% 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 78% of adults in Cumberland Foreside typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cumberland Foreside, ~52% vote Democratic, ~26% Republican, and ~22% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Cumberland Foreside compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Cumberland Foreside leans more Democratic than 61 of 76 neighbors.
Cumberland Foreside runs about 26 points more Democratic than Maine as a whole.
Why Cumberland Foreside 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 Cumberland Foreside, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 76% of adults in Cumberland Foreside hold a bachelor's degree, about 48 points above the U.S. average of 28%.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Cumberland Foreside, ME sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Cumberland Foreside looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Cumberland Foreside 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 77%, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 99% of adults in Cumberland Foreside have completed high school, above 98% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Yarmouth, ME D+35
- Falmouth, ME D+31
- Cumberland Center, ME D+22
- Chebeague Island, ME D+33
- Long Island, ME D+52
- North Yarmouth, ME D+12
- South Freeport, ME D+18
- Peaks Island, ME D+57
- Portland, ME D+62
Cities with Similar Populations
- Cascade Locks, OR Even
- Shorter, AL D+42
- Kresgeville, PA R+39
- Howes Cave, NY R+24
- Neapolis, OH R+39
- Beaufort, MO R+62
- Prairie, MS D+58
- Tenmile, OR R+50
- Stanaford, WV R+40
- Newfound, NC R+36
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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.