Brighton Plantation
Organized 1895Incorporated in 1816 as the town of North Hill and renamed Brighton in 1827. It gave up its town status in 1895 and became a plantation.
Voter Registration
Active voters, Secretary of State file of March 7, 2026Current enrollment
Registration history
Recent General Election Results
Referendums
YesNoBrighton Plantation’s vote. Click a question for the statewide comparison.How Brighton Plantation Compares
Presidential margin vs. Maine
Democratic minus Republican share of the candidate vote. The gap between the lines shows how differently Brighton Plantation 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 2020–2024Brighton Plantation at a Glance
Brighton Plantation is a plantation in Somerset County, Maine, organized in 1895. It has an estimated 61 residents (2025), compared with 62 in the 2020 Census.
It is part of Congressional District 2, State Senate District 5, State House District 30, and County Commissioner District 5, in the Central Maine region.
In the 2024 presidential race, Donald Trump carried Brighton Plantation with 58.1% to 39.5% for Kamala Harris. That was a Republican margin of 18.6 points, against a Democratic margin of 6.9 points statewide. In the 2022 governor’s race, Janet Mills carried Brighton Plantation with 63.4% to 36.6% for Paul LePage. In the 2024 U.S. Senate race, Angus King (Unenrolled) carried Brighton Plantation with 54.8% to 38.1% for Demi Kouzounas. On the Partisan Electoral Alignment Index (Partisan EAI), it ranks as the 279th most Republican of 504 towns.
As of March 7, 2026, Brighton Plantation had 48 active registered voters: 20.8% Democrats, 31.2% Republicans, 39.6% unenrolled, and 8.3% Green Independents. The median household income is $73,750, against $74,733 and $296,600 statewide.
Below the summary figures, this page has election results back to 1868 (with county figures from 1821), 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.