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.
“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.”
Yes, Maine was split for MA, but that was a very long time ago. Maine was a backwoods place and mainly rural. Those types tend to be conservative. If they have gone liberal, it had to have occurred in the later part of the 20th Century. What caused them to change? Are the Republicans in Maine just the remnants of Lincoln? Are they the post Theodore R. Republicans? There has to be a better explaination as to why these, primary rural people vote for such liberal Republicans.
Can someone speak better on this, I’m really curious?