Stow
Incorporated 1833Voter Registration
Active voters, Secretary of State file of March 7, 2026Current enrollment
Registration history
Recent General Election Results
Referendums
YesNoStow’s vote. Click a question for the statewide comparison.How Stow Compares
Presidential margin vs. Maine
Democratic minus Republican share of the candidate vote. The gap between the lines shows how differently Stow 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 2020–2024Stow at a Glance
Stow is a town in Oxford County, Maine, incorporated in 1833. It has an estimated 451 residents (2025), compared with 393 in the 2020 Census.
It is part of Congressional District 2, State Senate District 19, State House District 81, and County Commissioner District 1, in the Western Maine region.
In the 2024 presidential race, Kamala Harris carried Stow with 50.4% to 47.6% for Donald Trump. That was a Democratic margin of 2.8 points, against a Democratic margin of 6.9 points statewide. In the 2022 governor’s race, Janet Mills carried Stow with 54% to 41.7% for Paul LePage. In the 2024 U.S. Senate race, Angus King (Unenrolled) carried Stow with 53.9% to 31.3% for Demi Kouzounas. On the Partisan Electoral Alignment Index (Partisan EAI), it ranks as the 94th most Democratic of 504 towns.
As of March 7, 2026, Stow had 262 active registered voters: 29% Democrats, 30.2% Republicans, 33.2% unenrolled, and 7.6% Green Independents. The median household income is $42,204 and the median home value $326,400, 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.