The State ‘o Maine ain’t what it used to be.
“The State ‘o Maine ain’t what it used to be.”
Well actually, the electorate in Maine has stayed very middle of the road for about the last 50 plus years. 1974 elected the first independent governor in the country. James Longley was fiscally conservative while being socially moderate (for the time period). We have since elected many middle of the road folks from Bill Cohen to Susan Collins. There have been both conservatives and liberals elected in succeeding years. Liberal Tom Andrews succeeded by conservative Jim Longley, Jr. (former Gov. son) followed by somewhat liberal Tom Allen.
I get tired of folks thinking that David Brat could get elected in Maine. He would get about 5% in a general election. Chris McDaniels would get about 1%.
Maine has also had the highest percentage of unenrolled voters of any state and it is more than either party.