I’ve explained this before, but here I go again....
Maine, like Nebraska, splits it’s electoral votes.
The First Congressional District, in southeastern Maine, covers 20% of the state and is a liberal district. It includes Portland and surrounding areas. Some people in the rest of Maine call this area “North Massachusetts.”
The Second Congressional District covers 80% of Maine and is 27,000 square miles in area. In size, the Second Congressional District is the largest congressional district east of the Mississippi.
Candidate Donald Trump made a number of trips to the Second Congressional District during the 2016 campaign, as did his sons Don Jr., Eric, Eric’s wife Lara, etc.
Donald Trump won the Second Congressional District by 10 points, earning one electoral vote.
Hillary Rotten Criminal won the more liberal First Congressional District and received one electoral vote for doing so.
Madame Hillary won the statewide popular vote by 2.9% and won two additional electoral college votes. If Donald Trump had run more ads, he could have taken the entire state. Hillary ran a lot more ads than candidate Trump.
The characterization of Maine as a liberal state is inaccurate. It WAS a blue state, is now purple but is trending red.
Our Governor, Paul LePage, is the most conservative governor in the country. Unfortunately he is term-limited this year, but could run again in 2022 if he wants to.
The First District has a dem congress critter, the Second District has a Republican.
The Maine House is dem controlled, the Maine Senate is Republican controlled.
Constitutional Carry was passed into law three years ago, passed by both the dem controlled Maine House and the GOP controlled Maine Senate, and signed into law by the governor. The same law legalized switch blades. Maine has had Open Carry for years.
In November 2016, Mikey Bloomberg and his gun grabbing cohorts managed to place on the Maine statewide ballot a proposed law which would ban the private sale of firearms in Maine. Bloomberg outspent the “No on 3” forces, but in spite of Bloomberg’s money, the people of Maine said NO! to ending the private sale of firearms in Maine.
Sorry for the long winded response.
God bless Maine. It has always had that divided streak since George Mitchell and Bill Cohen were your senators.