New Gloucester leans Republican by roughly 16 points: about 42% of voters vote Democratic and 58% 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 85% of adults in New Gloucester typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in New Gloucester, ~36% vote Democratic, ~49% Republican, and ~15% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How New Gloucester compares
Among cities within 25 miles, New Gloucester leans more Republican than 51 of 95 neighbors.
New Gloucester runs about 24 points more Republican than Maine as a whole. Maine leans Democratic overall, while New Gloucester is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why New Gloucester 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 New Gloucester, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
New Gloucester votes against the grain of Maine. Maine leans Democratic overall, while New Gloucester runs about 24 points more Republican.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; New Gloucester, ME sits in the top tenth 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 New Gloucester looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. New Gloucester 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 71%, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in New Gloucester have completed high school, above 82% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Upper Gloucester, ME R+16
- Poland Spring, ME R+23
- Gray, ME Even
- North Pownal, ME R+20
- Poland, ME R+28
- Pownal, ME R+9
- Crescent Lake, ME D+3
- Raymond, ME D+15
- North Yarmouth, ME D+12
- Durham, ME R+28
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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.