Loring Air Force Base leans heavily Republican by roughly 32 points: about 34% of voters vote Democratic and 66% 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 78% of adults in Loring Air Force Base typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Loring Air Force Base, ~27% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~22% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Loring Air Force Base compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Loring Air Force Base leans more Republican than 10 of 26 neighbors.
Loring Air Force Base runs about 40 points more Republican than Maine as a whole. Maine leans Democratic overall, while Loring Air Force Base is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Loring Air Force Base. The northwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+38) and the south side is the least Republican-leaning (R+25), a spread of about 13 points.
Why Loring Air Force Base 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 Loring Air Force Base, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Loring Air Force Base votes against the grain of Maine. Maine leans Democratic overall, while Loring Air Force Base runs about 40 points more Republican. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Loring Air Force Base sits in the bottom quarter (about 12%, below 87% of cities).
Population density, never-married share, and Republican lean
Places that combine low population density and a never-married-heavy adult population tend to lean Republican, as Loring Air Force Base, ME does.
Why turnout in Loring Air Force Base looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Loring Air Force Base 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 57%, below 68% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Limestone, ME R+28
- Four Corners, ME R+29
- Morris Corner, ME R+25
- North Lyndon, ME R+38
- Caribou, ME R+21
- Goodrich, ME R+32
- New Sweden, ME R+36
- Van Buren, ME R+32
- Colby, ME R+41
- Stockholm, ME R+37
Cities with Similar Populations
- Cloverland, IN R+45
- Cassoday, KS R+61
- New Branch, GA R+82
- Amasa, MI R+32
- Smithville, NY R+30
- Rockwood, IL R+59
- Petersville, MO R+49
- Jimtown, CA D+44
- Rosalie, TX R+75
- Tyronza Junction, AR R+52
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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.