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louis c

(8,652 posts)
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 06:57 PM Nov 2018

As Maine Goes, So Goes the Nation

Last edited Sat Nov 10, 2018, 07:38 PM - Edit history (1)

<snip>What a difference one election can make. Over the last four years, Republicans ruled Maine through control of its state Senate and governor, Paul LePage, who has described his style as “Trump before there was Trump.” Conflicts with the Democrat-controlled House and attorney general led to lawsuits flying nearly every month and, eventually, a government shutdown when there was no budget — all amid LePage’s stream of provocative name-calling that garnered national headlines. But on Tuesday, in the greatest shift in partisan makeup of a state government in the United States this year, voters chose Democrat Janet Mills to replace a term-limited LePage and gave her party control of both chambers.<snip>


https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/11/09/after-years-lepage-maine-went-very-blue-tuesday/5QhkH7mUFE2pcMoYKQocIN/story.html

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As Maine Goes, So Goes the Nation (Original Post) louis c Nov 2018 OP
Yes, I love Maine. Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2018 #1
Mainers are smart people PJMcK Nov 2018 #2
Very proud of my home state. ancianita Nov 2018 #3
...... Hotler Nov 2018 #4
Senator Collins better be paying attention. Resist160 Nov 2018 #5
Nice. LakeArenal Nov 2018 #6
Mainers got suckered. LePage is moving to Florida sharedvalues Nov 2018 #7
Except in 1936, when it was "as Maine goes, so goes Vermont." DFW Nov 2018 #8
Oh, I don't think Maine is a bell weather for Presidential elections at all louis c Nov 2018 #9

Zing Zing Zingbah

(6,496 posts)
1. Yes, I love Maine.
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 07:17 PM
Nov 2018

It is a great state. I'm glad I got to grow up here and now live here and raise my kids here. LePage sucked, but now we are moving on to better things. Most Mainers know when they are getting a shit deal.

I hope what has happened here in Maine spreads to other states... the Dem majorities, but also Ranked Choice Voting.

PJMcK

(22,037 posts)
2. Mainers are smart people
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 07:51 PM
Nov 2018

They saw what a disaster LePage et alia were and they threw the bums out.

Now let's see what happens in The Pine Tree State.


ETA: People from Maine are NOT called Mainiacs. They proved that with this election cycle.

Resist160

(18 posts)
5. Senator Collins better be paying attention.
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 09:35 PM
Nov 2018

She is now in the same seat Senator Hedi Heitkamp was in, only Collins is a repug in a Dem state. You can beat she's not happy with her state's election results. Let's thank the people who made Maine Blue.

DFW

(54,387 posts)
8. Except in 1936, when it was "as Maine goes, so goes Vermont."
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 09:45 PM
Nov 2018

In the 1936 presidential election, that old saying lost its validity when FDR carried all states except Maine and Vermont, which went for Republican Alf Landon.

 

louis c

(8,652 posts)
9. Oh, I don't think Maine is a bell weather for Presidential elections at all
Sun Nov 11, 2018, 08:20 AM
Nov 2018

Ohio has been much more reliable. But the realignment is making no state a "must win". The trio of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan is all we need if we can hold the rest of Hilary's wins.

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