Cumberland County Commissioner District 5
Current planOne of Cumberland County’s five commissioner districts under the current plan (2021, with the 2024 update). It takes in 2 places, some of them split with another district.
Voter Registration
Active voters, Secretary of State file of March 7, 2026Current enrollment
Registration history
Recent General Election Results
Referendums
YesNoCumberland County Commissioner District 5’s vote. Click a question for the statewide comparison.How Cumberland County Commissioner District 5 Compares
Presidential margin vs. Maine
Democratic minus Republican share of the candidate vote. The gap between the lines shows how differently Cumberland County Commissioner District 5 votes from the state.
Turnout in general elections
Ballots cast divided by active registered voters on election day. List maintenance shrinks the denominator in some years (for example 2022), which pushes the rate up.
Who Lives Here
American Community Survey 2020–2024Cumberland County Commissioner District 5 at a Glance
Cumberland County Commissioner District 5 is one of Cumberland County’s five commissioner districts under the current plan (2021, with the 2024 update). Its population was 63,134 in the 2020 Census.
It takes in 2 cities, towns and plantations: Portland and Long Island.
In the 2024 presidential race, Kamala Harris carried the district with 80.5% to 15.6% for Donald Trump. That was a Democratic margin of 64.9 points, against a Democratic margin of 6.9 points statewide. In the 2022 governor’s race, Janet Mills carried the district with 85% to 13.7% for Paul LePage. In the 2024 U.S. Senate race, Angus King (Unenrolled) carried the district with 64.1% to 21.4% for David Costello. On the Partisan Electoral Alignment Index (Partisan EAI), it ranks as the most Democratic of 60 county commissioner districts.
As of March 7, 2026, Cumberland County Commissioner District 5 had 41,351 active registered voters: 60.9% Democrats, 9.4% Republicans, 25.8% unenrolled, and 3.2% Green Independents.
Below the summary figures, this page has election results back to 1868, voter registration since 1954, referendum votes, turnout, and Census and American Community Survey figures. Sources are listed at the foot of the page and on the Data Sources page.