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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 and 2024, despite again losing the state both times. 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 ...
See live updates of Maine election results from the 2024 election, including Senate and House races, state elections and ballot initiatives.
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
The Greenback Party was active in Maine and its gubernatorial candidates had their vote totals rise from 520 votes in the 1876 election to 41,371 votes in the 1878 election. The Greenbacks aided in the election of Democratic gubernatorial nominees Alonzo Garcelon and Harris M. Plaisted. The Democratic Party did not control the state legislature ...
Maine’s top election official has removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot, in a surprise decision based on the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.”
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.