Sherman Mills leans heavily Republican by roughly 46 points: about 27% of voters vote Democratic and 73% 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 75% of adults in Sherman Mills typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sherman Mills, ~20% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~25% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Sherman Mills compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Sherman Mills leans more Republican than 18 of 24 neighbors.
Sherman Mills runs about 53 points more Republican than Maine as a whole. Maine leans Democratic overall, while Sherman Mills is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Sherman Mills 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 Sherman Mills, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Sherman Mills, about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 17 points below the Maine average of 31%. Sherman Mills runs against the grain of Maine, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Sherman Mills, ME sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Sherman Mills looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Sherman Mills 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 53%, about 7 points below the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Silver Ridge, ME R+47
- Sherman Station, ME R+28
- Sherman, ME R+35
- Benedicta, ME R+47
- Island Falls, ME R+45
- Patten, ME R+28
- Dyer Brook, ME R+45
- Shin Pond, ME R+30
- Macwahoc, ME R+46
Cities with Similar Populations
- Walnut Grove, TX R+71
- Bowne Center, MI R+40
- St. Anthony, WI R+58
- Sage Hill, MO R+69
- Ullin, IL R+33
- Entlerville, PA R+58
- Iverson, MN D+3
- Winameg, OH R+51
- Hiller, PA R+26
- Papaaloa, HI D+15
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.