Factor in, though, that rich or upper middle class liberals move here from another state where there are high paying jobs when they retire. Where I’m at (Midcoast), there is a lot of water, not a lot of people. Not a lot of jobs, and certainly not a lot of big employers. More self-employed,
small business owners. Chains are disliked around here.
Retired Liberals who made their $ elsewhere who live in big / nice houses don’t mind paying taxes. They like pretty nature, they don’t like traffic (a result of jobs / growth) and they don’t need jobs.
This demographic isn’t all of Maine, but it’s a relevant one.
There are a lot of liberal retirees in Maine. They along with the College marxists and the welfare freeloaders from out of state killed the TABOR amendment that would have given us jobs.