Sargentville leans slightly Democratic by roughly 14 points: about 57% of voters vote Democratic and 43% 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 87% of adults in Sargentville typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sargentville, ~50% vote Democratic, ~37% Republican, and ~13% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Sargentville compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Sargentville leans more Democratic than 39 of 68 neighbors.
Sargentville runs about 7 points more Democratic than Maine as a whole.
Why Sargentville 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 Sargentville, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 45% of adults in Sargentville hold a bachelor's degree, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 28%.
Food insecurity and voter turnout
Places with low food insecurity tend to turn out at a higher rate; Sargentville, ME sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Food insecurity does not directly drive turnout; it reflects economic hardship, which lines up with lower voting.
Why turnout in Sargentville looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Sargentville 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%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Sargentville have completed high school, above 83% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Sedgwick, ME D+13
- Little Deer Isle, ME D+7
- Brooksville, ME D+22
- Brooklin, ME D+17
- West Brooksville, ME D+22
- Blue Hill, ME D+3
- Deer Isle, ME D+3
- Harborside, ME D+23
Cities with Similar Populations
- Castleford, ID R+71
- Minerva, KY R+62
- Ferenbaugh, NY R+34
- Cedar Valley, UT R+69
- Fayetteville, IN R+57
- Sandusky, TX R+70
- La Crosse, GA R+41
- Olden, TX R+77
- Paint Rock, AL R+78
- Lanton, MO R+70
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.