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1876–2024
State Senate District 1·Maine

Maine 1st State Senate District delivered R+26 in 2024 — close enough to flip again next time.

A rural northern district where presidential margins have trended Republican

1876 — 2024·38 elections
ME
Latest
R+26
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
45,458
2024 ACS

Maine 1st State Senate District, Maine: Tossup district. In 2024, voted R+26%. Republican peak: R+77 in 1920.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+26MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
TossupAkashic typology
Population
45,4582024 5-year
Median household income
$56,7002024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
93.0%2024 5-year
Black
0.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
1.7%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+27 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+77 in 1920MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
1 counties · 0 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−26.2%
8,74515,08024,169
R
−19.7%
9,46114,29024,546
R
−17.2%
9,07413,16423,792
D
+7.6%
12,05110,30122,953
D
+9.6%
13,11410,77724,400
D
+5.3%
13,26611,90625,579
D
+1.8%
11,65711,22223,823
D
+21.9%
12,2177,05023,585
D
+8.5%
10,6318,41226,156
R
−7.3%
10,06711,66821,859
R
−27.6%
8,37114,80323,277
R
−5.5%
9,82411,07922,944
R
−0.2%
10,49610,54121,727
R
−24.8%
7,77812,91420,707
D
+3.8%
10,1989,43519,819
D
+27.4%
11,8986,77518,675
R
−11.6%
10,03212,67522,707
R
−44.9%
4,12810,84714,974
R
−38.0%
5,12511,42316,592
R
−13.6%
4,8696,41211,348
R
−18.6%
5,4357,91613,366
R
−16.9%
6,6959,41416,136
R
−30.8%
5,2229,97015,412
R
−19.7%
6,3789,52716,019
R
−43.1%
3,9129,86013,800
R
−68.7%
1,0246,4777,936
R
−77.4%
9547,5868,574
R
−40.3%
1,6443,9115,622
O
+13.1%
1,3046095,296
R
−58.8%
7843,2424,181
R
−70.1%
4993,1733,814
R
−57.4%
6982,8423,736
R
−53.0%
9383,2654,387
R
−18.3%
1,3001,9613,620
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
19.2%
French
17.8%
Irish
13.2%
American
8.8%
German
5.7%
Scottish
3.8%
Italian
2.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 48.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
1.2%
85+
1.9%
3.5%
75–84
4.1%
7.4%
65–74
7.6%
8.0%
55–64
7.9%
6.2%
45–54
6.2%
5.3%
35–44
5.4%
5.1%
25–34
4.9%
3.6%
18–24
3.1%
7.4%
5–17
6.7%
2.4%
<5
2.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$56,700
State Senate District 1 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State Senate District 1$56,700
Maine$74,733
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
14.4%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.4%
Working age (18–64)13.4%
Seniors (65+)17.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
86.0%
speak English only
Other Indo-European12.5%
Spanish0.8%
Other languages0.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
31.9%
Other Christian
9.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.2%
Baptist
3.1%
Methodist
2.6%
Mainline Protestant
1.0%
Non-Christian
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Maine Senate District 1 covers sparsely populated northern and western terrain, and its R+6.1 presidential margin in 2024 reflects a broader rural realignment visible across the state's least-dense counties.

The district's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached twenty-seven points in 1964; the Republican margin reached seventy-seven points in 1920. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Its demographics — a population of 45,458, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $56,700 — situate the district close to national averages on several dimensions.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District 1, Maine vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 1, Maine voted Republican by 26.2 points (R+26), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 24,169 votes cast, 8,745 went Democratic and 15,080 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 1, Maine's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 1, Maine as a "Tossup" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 8 times, Republican 25 times, and other 1 times.
When did State Senate District 1, Maine last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State Senate District 1, Maine voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in State Senate District 1, Maine?
State Senate District 1, Maine has a population of 45,458 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State Senate District 1, Maine?
Median household income in State Senate District 1, Maine is $56,700 — below the national median of $80,734. The Maine state median is $74,733.
What is the political history of State Senate District 1, Maine?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State Senate District 1, Maine from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Tossup" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.