- Lead
- 3,321
- Total
- 4,510
- vs nation
- D+75.1
Maine 118th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,347
- Total
- 4,562
- vs nation
- D+68.9
- Lead
- 2,554
- Total
- 3,990
- vs nation
- D+61.9
- Lead
- 2,495
- Total
- 3,857
- vs nation
- D+60.8
- Lead
- 2,645
- Total
- 3,800
- vs nation
- D+62.3
- Lead
- 2,243
- Total
- 3,570
- vs nation
- D+65.3
- Lead
- 1,695
- Total
- 3,091
- vs nation
- D+54.3
- Lead
- 1,550
- Total
- 3,052
- vs nation
- D+46.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+73.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 8,7952024 5-year
- Population density
- 9,772 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 0.9 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $54,3582024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 66.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 19.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+75.3 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+6.7 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 117, ME · twin score 98.3
presidential history
Party record book
Maine 118th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
87.7%
1,534 votes · D+75.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 85.0%
Republican
Calvin Coolidge1924
45.4%
250 votes · R+6.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 44.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
3,858votes
84.6% of the vote · D+73.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 3,832 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
621votes
29.0% of the vote · D+41.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 618 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
+75.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+73.6 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +68.9 pts
Republican
Herbert Hoover1932
−15.0pts R vs U.S.
Place D+32.8 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alf Landon, 1936 · −15.3 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | D | 69.4%2,781 | 30.6%1,225 | 4,006 |
Maine 118th State House District sits in New England. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 75.3 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 6.7 points in 1924. The 2024 margin was 73.6 points.
A population of 8,795, a 66% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,358 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 117 and State House District 119.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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Maine 118th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/23118/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.