Cushing is a true toss-up. About 50% of voters here vote Democratic and 50% 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 94% of adults in Cushing typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cushing, ~47% vote Democratic, ~47% Republican, and ~6% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Cushing compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Cushing sits roughly in the middle of the political spectrum, with 49 neighbors leaning further in the place's direction and 26 leaning the other way.
Cushing runs about 8 points more Republican than Maine as a whole.
Why Cushing leans the way it does
Density, race composition, education, and family structure all sit close to their national averages in Cushing. None of them point strongly toward either party.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Cushing, ME sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Cushing looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Cushing 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 68%, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Cushing have completed high school, above 91% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- St. George, ME D+4
- Friendship, ME Even
- Spruce Head, ME D+5
- South Waldoboro, ME R+22
- Lawry, ME D+2
- Tenants Harbor, ME D+17
- Thomaston, ME R+8
- Pleasant Point, ME Even
- South Thomaston, ME D+6
- Port Clyde, ME D+26
Cities with Similar Populations
- Ferguson, KY R+52
- Parnell, MI R+25
- Pleasant Corners, OH R+37
- Sasser, GA R+25
- Dow City, IA R+57
- Woodhull, IL R+31
- Hebron, NH D+17
- Orient, NY D+34
- San Rafael, NM R+39
- Rehrersburg, PA R+46
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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.