Indian Point 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 more than 99% of adults in Indian Point typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Indian Point, ~76% vote Democratic, ~36% Republican, and ~-12% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Indian Point compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Indian Point leans more Democratic than 58 of 62 neighbors.
Indian Point runs about 29 points more Democratic than Maine as a whole.
Why Indian Point 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 Indian Point, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 58% of adults in Indian Point hold a bachelor's degree, about 30 points above the U.S. average of 28%.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Indian Point, ME sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Indian Point looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Indian Point 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 70%, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 91% of households in Indian Point own their home, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Indian Point have completed high school, in the top fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Mount Desert, ME D+37
- Salsbury Cove, ME D+46
- Frenchboro, ME D+4
- Bar Harbor, ME D+44
- Southwest Harbor, ME D+10
- Seal Cove, ME D+19
- Trenton, ME D+6
- Bernard, ME D+19
- Seal Harbor, ME D+44
- Seawall, ME D+8
Cities with Similar Populations
- Aiken, TX R+66
- Leonta, NY R+21
- New Era, LA R+86
- Linden Hall, PA D+16
- Morrison Heights, NY R+24
- Cobham, VA D+5
- Norwich, IA R+54
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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.