Hermon leans slightly Republican by roughly 10 points: about 45% of voters vote Democratic and 55% 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 84% of adults in Hermon typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Hermon, ~38% vote Democratic, ~46% Republican, and ~16% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Hermon compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Hermon leans more Republican than 8 of 80 neighbors.
Hermon runs about 17 points more Republican than Maine as a whole. Maine leans Democratic overall, while Hermon is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Hermon. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+37) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+6), a spread of about 31 points.
Why Hermon 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 Hermon, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 79% of households in Hermon are family households, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Hermon runs against the grain of Maine, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Hermon, 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 Hermon looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Hermon 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 67%, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Hermon have completed high school, above 90% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Hermon Center, ME R+11
- South Levant, ME R+26
- Carmel, ME R+35
- Levant, ME R+30
- Robyville, ME R+32
- Hampden, ME R+4
- Bangor, ME D+13
- West Levant, ME R+31
- Glenburn Center, ME R+27
- Etna Center, ME R+41
Cities with Similar Populations
- Pleasant Hill, OH R+63
- Whiting, WI Even
- Hyndman, PA R+70
- Moreauville, LA R+62
- Carbon Cliff, IL Even
- Van Horn, TX R+18
- Bella Vista, CA R+46
- Preston, TX R+63
- Mc Gaheysville, VA R+32
- Buhler, KS R+57
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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.