Haines Corner leans Republican by roughly 22 points: about 39% of voters vote Democratic and 61% 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 81% of adults in Haines Corner typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Haines Corner, ~32% vote Democratic, ~49% Republican, and ~19% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Haines Corner compares
Haines Corner runs about 30 points more Republican than Maine as a whole. Maine leans Democratic overall, while Haines Corner is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Haines Corner. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+37) and the south side is the least Republican-leaning (R+16), a spread of about 21 points.
Why Haines Corner leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Haines Corner, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Haines Corner votes against the grain of Maine. Maine leans Democratic overall, while Haines Corner runs about 30 points more Republican.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Haines Corner, Lewiston, ME sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Haines Corner looks the way it does
Turnout in Haines Corner sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Parkside, Portland, ME D+77
- Caufield, Oregon City, OR R+3
- Mission Hills, El Paso, TX D+27
- Courier City, Tampa, FL Even
- Lincoln, Vancouver, WA D+44
- South Park, Seattle, WA D+50
- Rock Creek Lexington Road, Louisville, KY D+35
- Paradise Valley, South San Francisco, CA D+42
- Downtown Springfield, Springfield, MO D+19
- River Bend, Des Moines, IA D+45
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.