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What happened to make Maine liberal? It isn’t a very populous state.

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.

“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.”

My Dad in Oklahoma...the same thing. Maybe all the conservatives moved away over time.

Maine was always a rock ribbed Republican state but things started changing starting in the late 1960s. Liberals from failed states started moving to Maine “ to get back to the land “ and this continued through the 1970s and 1980s. There are so many people living in that state who were not born there. A great many of them are liberals.

These people got themselves involved with school boards, became selectmen, politicians and so on. See, Maine is a wonderful state but its filled with native Mainers whom these people really hold in contempt. So they decide to grab a piece of power and inflict their enlightened ideas on the populace. Property taxes begin going up, new regulations begin to appear, lots of hand outs for everyone and soon the state is as screwed up as the one the libs left behind.

The southern region of Maine holds the highest population of these liberals ( they are referred to by natives as people “ from away “ ) and basically dictated through the elections what was going on in the state. They really ruined the place. Forbes recently ranked Maine as the worst in the entire nation in terms of being business friendly.

But things are going to change big time in that state. The tea party is very strong and after this last November both houses of the Maine state house and the governorship is now held by Republicans. This has not happened since sometime in the 1960s. Gov. elect Paul Lepage is the real deal - take a chance to read up on this native Mainer. Tough as nails upbringing, real American success story.

Not every person “ from away “ is a liberal. There are any number of fine conservatives who have moved there. However, the vast majority are liberals from Massachusetts, new york, new jersey and so on. The ones I have come in contact with are by far some of the biggest aholes on the planet. I meet them in Boston all the time.

Anyway, I am trying to finish going through the Maine gov web site to determine how many elected dems are native and how many are not. Same thing for the Republicans. I should add that almost every native Mainer I know is a Conservative.