Mount Vernon is a true toss-up. About 50% of voters here vote Democratic and 50% 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 94% of adults in Mount Vernon typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mount Vernon, ~47% vote Democratic, ~47% Republican, and ~6% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Mount Vernon compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Mount Vernon sits roughly in the middle of the political spectrum, with 8 neighbors leaning further in the place's direction and 81 leaning the other way.
Mount Vernon runs about 8 points more Republican than Maine as a whole.
Why Mount Vernon leans the way it does
Density, race composition, education, and family structure all sit close to their national averages in Mount Vernon. None of them point strongly toward either party.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Mount Vernon, 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 Mount Vernon looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Mount Vernon 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%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 90% of households in Mount Vernon own their home, above 80% of cities. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Mount Vernon have completed high school, above 94% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- West Mount Vernon, ME R+8
- Kents Hill, ME D+4
- Readfield, ME R+4
- Vienna, ME R+7
- Belgrade, ME D+7
- Belgrade Lakes, ME D+3
- Wayne, ME D+7
- East Livermore, ME R+30
- North Livermore, ME R+15
- Chesterville, ME R+34
Cities with Similar Populations
- Laurel Springs, NC R+56
- Wabun, VA R+31
- Caldwell, KS R+53
- Higbee, MO R+63
- Almond, WI R+36
- Shandon, CA R+29
- French Village, MO R+61
- Hartwell, AR R+61
- Warne, NC R+48
- Bryant Pond, ME R+30
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.