2020 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, Ellsworth, Gorham, Lewiston, Portland, Sanford, South Portland. Precinct shapefiles primarily from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 Redistricting Data Program. 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 AGR - Agriculture Commissioner ATG - Attorney General AUD - Auditor COC - Corporation Commissioner COU - City Council Member DEL - Delegate to the U.S. House GOV - Governor H## - U.S. House, where ## is the district number. AL: at large. INS - Insurance Commissioner LAB - Labor Commissioner LAN - Commissioner of Public Lands LTG - Lieutenant Governor PRE - President PSC - Public Service Commissioner RRC - Railroad Commissioner SAC - State Appeals Court (in AL: Civil Appeals) SCC - State Court of Criminal Appeals SOS - Secretary of State SSC - State Supreme Court SPI - Superintendent of Public Instruction TRE - Treasurer 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 G20PREDBID - Joseph R. Biden (Democratic Party) G20PRERTRU - Donald J. Trump (Republican Party) G20PRELJOR - Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian Party) G20PREGHAW - Howie Hawkins (Green Independent Party) G20PREAFUE - Roque De La Fuente (Alliance Party) G20USSDGID - Sara I. Gideon (Democratic Party) G20USSRCOL - Susan Margaret Collins (Republican Party) G20USSISAV - Lisa Savage (Independent) G20USSILIN - Max Patrick Linn (Independent) ## Processing Steps VTDs were merged for Bath, Brunswick, Saco, Waterville, Westbrook as statewide votes were not reported by ward. VTDs for Ellsworth and Gorham were sourced from township ward maps. Absentee votes were reported by township for Auburn, Augusta, Ellsworth, Gorham, Lewiston, Portland, Sanford, South Portland. Military and overseas ballots (UOCAVA) were reported statewide. These were distributed by candidate to precincts based on their share of the precinct-level vote for the given reporting unit. For Portland City the state reported 33786 votes for Joe Biden (D) and 6486 votes for Donald Trump (R). In the Senate election the state reported 28053 votes for Sara Gideon (D) and 8659 votes for Susan Collins (R). Amended precinct returns by Portland City add up to 33784 votes for Biden, 6483 votes for Trump, 28071 votes for Gideon, and 8656 votes for Collins. For Hersey the state reported 8 votes for Joe Biden (D), 0 votes for Donald Trump (R), 33 votes for Jo Jorgensen (L), and 1 vote for Howard Hawkins (G). This was a typographic error. The correct results for Hersey are 8 votes for Biden, 33 votes for Trump, 1 vote for Jorgensen, and 0 votes for Hawkins. 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.