Waterford
Incorporated 1797Voter Registration
Active voters, Secretary of State file of March 7, 2026Current enrollment
Registration history
Recent General Election Results
Referendums
YesNoWaterford’s vote. Click a question for the statewide comparison.How Waterford Compares
Presidential margin vs. Maine
Democratic minus Republican share of the candidate vote. The gap between the lines shows how differently Waterford 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 2020–2024Waterford at a Glance
Waterford is a town in Oxford County, Maine, incorporated in 1797. It has an estimated 1,632 residents (2025), compared with 1,570 in the 2020 Census.
It is part of Congressional District 2, State Senate District 18, State House District 81, and County Commissioner District 1, in the Western Maine region.
In the 2024 presidential race, Donald Trump carried Waterford with 54.5% to 43.9% for Kamala Harris. That was a Republican margin of 10.6 points, against a Democratic margin of 6.9 points statewide. In the 2022 governor’s race, Paul LePage carried Waterford with 52.7% to 45.4% for Janet Mills. In the 2024 U.S. Senate race, Angus King (Unenrolled) carried Waterford with 50.1% to 40.3% for Demi Kouzounas. On the Partisan Electoral Alignment Index (Partisan EAI), it ranks as the 310th most Republican of 504 towns.
As of March 7, 2026, Waterford had 1,114 active registered voters: 26.6% Democrats, 38% Republicans, 31.4% unenrolled, and 3.8% Green Independents. The median household income is $66,071 and the median home value $273,800, 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.