Seawall leans slightly Democratic by roughly 8 points: about 54% of voters vote Democratic and 46% 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 76% of adults in Seawall typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Seawall, ~41% vote Democratic, ~35% Republican, and ~24% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Seawall compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Seawall leans more Democratic than 26 of 50 neighbors.
Politically, Seawall sits close to the rest of Maine.
Why Seawall 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 Seawall, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 44% of adults in Seawall hold a bachelor's degree, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 28%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 38% of adults in Seawall have never been married, above 91% of cities.
Park access and Democratic lean
Places with heavy park coverage tend to lean Democratic; Seawall, ME sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Seawall looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Seawall 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 68%, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Southwest Harbor, ME D+10
- Bass Harbor, ME D+19
- Bernard, ME D+19
- Seal Cove, ME D+19
- Seal Harbor, ME D+44
- Mount Desert, ME D+37
- Frenchboro, ME D+4
- Indian Point, ME D+36
Cities with Similar Populations
- Summerdale, PA R+21
- Mowata, LA R+79
- Hereford, MD R+10
- Grays, SC R+26
- Shrewsbury, VT D+5
- Sinai, KY R+63
- Oppenheim, NY R+52
- Shermans Corner, ME R+14
- North Dennis, NJ R+38
- Marksboro, NJ R+26
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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.