2018 Maine precinct and election results shapefile. ## RDH Date retrieval 01/12/2022 ## Sources Election results by township from Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions (https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/results/index.html) Election results by ward from municipal reports for Auburn, Augusta, Belfast, Biddeford, Ellsworth, Gorham, Harpswell, Lewiston, Portland, Saco, Sanford, South Portland, Westbrook. Precinct shapefiles primarily from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 Redistricting Data Program Phase 2 release. Voting District shapefiles were available for Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York. County Subdivision shapefiles were used instead for Aroostook, Franklin, Hancock, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington. ## Fields metadata Vote Column Label Format ------------------------ Columns reporting votes follow a standard label pattern. One example is: G16PREDCli The first character is G for a general election, P for a primary, C for a caucus, R for a runoff, S for a special. Characters 2 and 3 are the year of the election. Characters 4-6 represent the office type (see list below). Character 7 represents the party of the candidate. Characters 8-10 are the first three letters of the candidate's last name. Office Codes A## - Ballot amendment, where ## is an identifier AGR - Commissioner of Agriculture ATG - Attorney General AUD - Auditor CFO - Chief Financial Officer CHA - Council Chairman COC - Corporation Commissioner COM - Comptroller CON - State Controller COU - City Council Member CSC - Clerk of the Supreme Court DEL - Delegate to the U.S. House GOV - Governor H## - U.S. House, where ## is the district number. AL: at large. HOD - House of Delegates, accompanied by a HOD_DIST column indicating district number HOR - U.S. House, accompanied by a HOR_DIST column indicating district number INS - Insurance Commissioner LAB - Labor Commissioner LAN - Commissioner of General Land Office LND - Commissioner of Public/State Lands LTG - Lieutenant Governor MAY - Mayor MNI - State Mine Inspector PSC - Public Service Commissioner PUC - Public Utilities Commissioner RGT - State University Regent RRC - Railroad Commissioner SAC - State Appeals Court (in AL: Civil Appeals) SBE - State Board of Education SCC - State Court of Criminal Appeals SOC - Secretary of Commonwealth SOS - Secretary of State SPI - Superintendent of Public Instruction SPL - Commissioner of School and Public Lands SSC - State Supreme Court TAX - Tax Commissioner TRE - Treasurer UBR - University Board of Regents/Trustees/Governors USS - U.S. Senate Party Codes D and R will always represent Democrat and Republican, respectively. See the state-specific notes for the remaining codes used in a particular file; note that third-party candidates may appear on the ballot under different party labels in different states. ## Fields G18GOVDMIL - Janet T. Mills (Democratic Party) G18GOVRMOO - Shawn Moody (Republican Party) G18GOVIHAY - Teresea Hayes (Independent) G18GOVOWRI - Write-in Votes G18USSDRIN - Zak Ringelstein (Democratic Party) G18USSRBRA - Eric Brakey (Republican Party) G18USSIKIN - Angus King (Independent) G18USSOWRI - Write-in Votes ## Processing Steps VTDs were merged for Bath, Brunswick, Waterville as statewide votes are not reported by ward. VTDs for Biddeford, Ellsworth, Gorham, Harpswell were sourced from township ward maps. Absentee votes were reported at the township level for Auburn, Lewiston, Gorham, Harpswell, Portland, Westbrook, Augusta, Belfast, Sanford, South Portland. These were distributed to precincts based on the precinct's share of the township vote for each candidate. Military and overseas ballots (UOCAVA) were reported at the state level. These were distributed to precincts based on the precinct's share of the statewide vote for each candidate. For Auburn, Biddeford, Lewiston write-in votes reported at the township level were apportioned to precincts in the same shares that the total vote was split among precincts within the township. The state reported 4930 votes from Gorham for Angus King (I). The precinct-level votes in the Gorham city report add up to 4530 total votes for King. The state reported 4201 votes from Portland for Eric Brakey (R). The precinct-level votes in the Portland city report add up to 4200 total votes for Brakey. Maine features more than 400 unorganized townships and islands that do not lie within municipal bounds. While some are designated separately, the U.S. Census Bureau combines most of these into larger unorganized territories within each county. Voters in unorganized townships are assigned to nearby incorporated townships. In some cases these votes are reported separately while in others they are combined into the total vote reported from the central voting location. The shapefile has been modified accordingly with boundaries from the Town Boundaries shapefile provided by the Maine Office of GIS. For unorganized territories that are unpopulated or otherwise do not appear to have any registered voters the Census boundaries have been retained unaltered.