“It’s Maine. A RINO is the best you’ll get.”
Really. Why is that? My 86 year old father was born and raised in Maine but left after WWII to move the Okla. and marry my mother and raise a family. He is very conservative.
What happened to make Maine liberal? It isn’t a very populous state.
I really am curious. I haven’t been there myself since 1969. So, my memory of the people is very dated.
ME was part of MA until 1821. It has a spillover from popular MA liberals moving “north” or “down east” as they say. People there like Hillary Clinton and the “It Takes a Village” concept.
I grew up there; Maine is at the end of the line economically and has become a welfare state. Largely minimum wage jobs outside of the southeastern coastal area of the state, high heating oil prices, high taxes, very low job growth. Government support is a way of life......
I have no idea why Maine elected the left-wing twins, but I can say that two of the most conservative folks I know in Texas are from there.
A bunch of city people.
What happened to make Maine liberal? It isn’t a very populous state.
I really am curious. I haven’t been there myself since 1969. So, my memory of the people is very dated.
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Trustfunders from Mass, CT RI and NY.
An influx of leftist leftovers from the sixties and seventies. And a growing population of guys who are light in the loafers and girls who wear comfortable shoes