Harpswell leans heavily Democratic by roughly 36 points: about 68% of voters vote Democratic and 32% 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 93% of adults in Harpswell typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Harpswell, ~63% vote Democratic, ~30% Republican, and ~7% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Harpswell compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Harpswell leans more Democratic than 73 of 86 neighbors.
Harpswell runs about 29 points more Democratic than Maine as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Harpswell. The east side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+43) and the southwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+23), a spread of about 20 points.
Why Harpswell 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 Harpswell, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 57% of adults in Harpswell hold a bachelor's degree, about 29 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; Harpswell, 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 Harpswell looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Harpswell 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 75%, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Harpswell have completed high school, above 87% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Orrs Island, ME D+37
- Brunswick Naval Air Station, ME D+23
- West Harpswell, ME D+23
- Sebasco Estates, ME Even
- Phippsburg, ME Even
- Bailey Island, ME D+37
- Brunswick, ME D+38
- West Bath, ME D+5
Cities with Similar Populations
- Stamford, TX R+55
- Enigma, GA R+76
- Goochland, VA R+22
- Fonda, NY R+37
- Scurry, TX R+70
- Tahoe City, CA D+14
- Adams, NY R+31
- Brooks, GA R+61
- Fairport Harbor, OH R+11
- Fort Ann, NY R+38
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.