More than one-third of Mainers said they are not confident the votes will be counted accurately in the upcoming presidential election, according to a new survey.

While 60% of Mainers said they were confident that votes will be accurately tallied, 35% said they disagreed in a survey of 1,036 residents conducted by the Colby College’s Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs, the Maine Community Foundation and Rockland-based research firm Public Engagement Partners.

Those figures vary widely by party affiliation, the survey found. Among Democrats, 88% said they were confident about the counts – double the rate among Republicans, which was 44%. Among independent voters, the proportion was 45%.

Mainers with lower incomes, less education, those who live in northern parts of the state and older residents were somewhat less likely to trust the tally, the survey found.

Quixada Moore-Vissing, director of Public Engagement Partners, said the survey overall shows “considerable civic strengths” in Maine, including higher than average voter turnout and public meeting attendance.

“However, there are some red flags for Maine, including the fact that most Mainers feel youth will have to move away for opportunities, trust in both state and national government is low, and many Mainers do not feel they matter to their local community,” Moore-Vissing said. “And, while most Mainers have confidence that their vote in the upcoming election will be fairly counted, over one-third have concerns.”

The report was released Wednesday, drawing on information from U.S. Census Bureau and data from a survey fielded in April, the college said in a statement.

Local trust in the election count appears to broadly follow national trends, though the new report found a greater partisan divide than the national average.

Nationally, 61% of Americans expressed confidence that the election will be conducted fairly and accurately in a poll released in August by the Pew Research Center. That poll also found stark divides between Democrats, 77% of whom expressed confidence in the election, and Republicans, for whom that figure was 47%.

The report also found that 70% of Mainers feel hopeful about the state’s future, though they are pessimistic about the future of the nation as a whole, according to the report. Most also worry about local children having to move out of state to find better opportunities.

Nicholas Jacobs, faculty associate director of the Goldfarb Center, said the report highlight’s Maine’s unique strengths and weaknesses in civic life.

“This study and the resulting report is the first time we’ve done a deep dive in terms of evaluating the quality of civic life in our state,” he said.

The study also found that six out of 10 Mainers believe that finding common ground is achievable. Compared to the national average, Mainers were also more likely to follow the news, discuss current events with friends and family, and attend public meetings, the survey found.

This story will be updated.