Pownal, ME Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Pownal

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Pownal 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 88% of adults in Pownal typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pownal, ~40% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~12% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Pownal compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Pownal leans more Republican than 58 of 91 neighbors.

Pownal runs about 16 points more Republican than Maine as a whole. Maine leans Democratic overall, while Pownal is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Pownal. The southwest side runs the most Democratic (D+10) and the northeast side runs the most Republican (R+24), a spread of about 34 points.

Why Pownal 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 Pownal, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 79% of households in Pownal are family households, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Pownal runs against the grain of Maine, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Pownal, 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 Pownal looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Pownal 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 Pownal own their home, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Pownal have completed high school, above 86% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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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.