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Prior to 1820, much of the territory currently comprising the state of Maine was part of the state of Massachusetts, and citizens residing in that area have thus been able to participate in every U.S. election. Since 1972, Maine awards two electoral votes based on the statewide vote, and one vote for each of the two congressional districts.
[4] [5] Trump would win the district again in 2020, despite again losing the state, as well as the election. Maine is the first state to introduce ranked choice voting in elections, and became the first to use it in a presidential election in 2020. [6] [7] In a 2020 study, Maine was ranked as the 14th easiest state for citizens to vote in. [8]
Biden handily carried Maine's 1st congressional district by 23%, while Trump carried its 2nd congressional district by 7.4%, winning a single electoral vote from the state. This marked the first election in history in which Maine and Nebraska both split their electoral votes. Ranked-choice tabulation was ultimately not used as Biden earned a ...
The following is a table of United States presidential election results by state. They are indirect elections in which voters in each state cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College who pledge to vote for a specific political party's nominee for president. Bold italic text indicates the winner of the election
Maine at large was potentially considered a secondary battleground during the 2024 election cycle. In 2016, Trump narrowly lost Maine at-large to Hillary Clinton by less than 3% and a margin of 22,142 votes. However, in 2020 Biden won the state by just over 9% and 74,302 votes, though Trump held Maine's 2nd congressional district.
Apr. 5—A bill that would see Maine join 34 other states in conducting post-election audits won support Monday before the Legislature's Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee, even though there has ...
Maine has four electoral votes in the Electoral College. [1] Unlike all other states except Nebraska, Maine awards two electoral votes based on the statewide vote, and one vote for each congressional district. The last time it did so was in 1828. [2] Maine was once one of the most Republican states in the nation.
Maine Republicans have pushed for years to require voter ID, pointing out that at least 36 other states require some form of photo identification to cast a ballot in federal, state or local elections.