Was this expected? Did Newt or Rick campaign there?
If anything, Mitt underperformed. Maine is hardly an hour’s drive from Massachusetts.
Gingrich would perform spectacularly badly in the northeast, and Santorum not much better. That means that ALL of the state legislators and U.S. reps would fear a non-Romney candidacy for fear of how it would effect them. Winning the presidency is secondary, and losing bodies in the south and heartland doesn’t even enter into the calculus.
Neither Santorum or Gingrich campaigned there.
Proportional award of delegates I hope.