Presque Isle, Maine: Florida Surge market. In 2024, voted R+26%. Republican peak: R+77 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+26MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Florida SurgeAkashic typology
- Population
- 67,0582024 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 presidential election
Presque Isle
TrumpR+26
Constituent county margins for Presque Isle, MEOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
| Donald Trump ✓Republican | 62.4% | 22,246 |
|---|---|---|
| Kamala HarrisDemocratic | 36.2% | 12,900 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 1.4% | 507 |
D+60R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | −18.3% |
| 1896 | −53.0% |
| 1900 | −57.4% |
| 1904 | −70.1% |
| 1908 | −58.8% |
| 1912 | +13.1% |
| 1916 | −40.3% |
| 1920 | −77.4% |
| 1924 | −68.7% |
| 1928 | −43.1% |
| 1932 | −19.7% |
| 1936 | −30.8% |
| 1940 | −16.9% |
| 1944 | −18.6% |
| 1948 | −13.6% |
| 1952 | −38.0% |
| 1956 | −44.9% |
| 1960 | −11.6% |
| 1964 | +27.4% |
| 1968 | +3.8% |
| 1972 | −24.8% |
| 1976 | −0.2% |
| 1980 | −5.5% |
| 1984 | −27.6% |
| 1988 | −7.3% |
| 1992 | +8.5% |
| 1996 | +21.9% |
| 2000 | +1.8% |
| 2004 | +5.3% |
| 2008 | +9.6% |
| 2012 | +7.6% |
| 2016 | −17.2% |
| 2020 | −19.7% |
| 2024 | −26.2% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 12,900 | 22,246 | 35,653 | ||
| R | 13,956 | 21,080 | 36,210 | ||
| R | 13,386 | 19,419 | 35,097 | ||
| D | 17,777 | 15,196 | 33,860 | ||
| D | 19,345 | 15,898 | 35,994 | ||
| D | 19,569 | 17,564 | 37,733 | ||
| D | 17,196 | 16,555 | 35,143 | ||
| D | 18,022 | 10,400 | 34,792 | ||
| D | 15,682 | 12,409 | 38,585 | ||
| R | 14,850 | 17,213 | 32,246 | ||
| R | 12,348 | 21,837 | 34,338 | ||
| R | 14,492 | 16,343 | 33,846 | ||
| R | 15,484 | 15,550 | 32,051 | ||
| R | 11,474 | 19,051 | 30,547 | ||
| D | 15,044 | 13,919 | 29,236 | ||
| D | 17,552 | 9,994 | 27,549 | ||
| R | 14,799 | 18,698 | 33,497 | ||
| R | 6,089 | 16,001 | 22,090 | ||
| R | 7,561 | 16,851 | 24,476 | ||
| R | 7,183 | 9,459 | 16,740 | ||
| R | 8,017 | 11,678 | 19,717 | ||
| R | 9,877 | 13,888 | 23,804 | ||
| R | 7,704 | 14,708 | 22,736 | ||
| R | 9,409 | 14,054 | 23,631 | ||
| R | 5,771 | 14,545 | 20,357 | ||
| R | 1,510 | 9,554 | 11,707 | ||
| R | 1,407 | 11,191 | 12,648 | ||
| R | 2,425 | 5,770 | 8,293 | ||
| O | 1,924 | 898 | 7,813 | ||
| R | 1,157 | 4,783 | 6,167 | ||
| R | 736 | 4,681 | 5,627 | ||
| R | 1,030 | 4,192 | 5,511 | ||
| R | 1,383 | 4,816 | 6,472 | ||
| R | 1,917 | 2,893 | 5,340 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
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.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 48.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$56,700
Presque Isle ranks near the middle of US counties.
Presque Isle$56,700
Maine$74,733
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
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.
2024 ACS
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.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
The Presque Isle market covers a vast, sparsely populated potato-farming region that has shifted measurably toward Republican margins over the past decade, even as Maine's statewide results remain competitive.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of twenty-seven points in 1964 and a Republican high of seventy-seven points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved seven points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-six points.
A population of 67,058, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,700 describe the market.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Presque Isle, Maine vote in 2024?
In 2024, Presque Isle, Maine voted Republican by 26.2 points (R+26), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 35,653 votes cast, 12,900 went Democratic and 22,246 went Republican.
What is Presque Isle, Maine's political typology?
Akashic places Presque Isle, Maine in the "Florida Surge" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the market has voted Democratic 8 times, Republican 25 times, and other 1 times.
When did Presque Isle, Maine last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Presque Isle, Maine voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Presque Isle, Maine?
Presque Isle, Maine has a population of 67,058 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Presque Isle, Maine?
Median household income in Presque Isle, Maine is $56,700 — below the national median of $80,734. The Maine state median is $74,733.
What is the political history of Presque Isle, Maine?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Presque Isle, Maine from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The market's typology — "Florida Surge" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.