In future races, probably not good, lots of Greens and other lib independents run in Maine.
Sounds like President is not included in this.
It passed 52-48.
They legalized weed by a scant margin.
Hiked the state income tax for the "rich" by a scant margin.
Hiked the minimum wage.
Gun control was defeated, least!
http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/maine
If anyone has a Maine ping list
Trump won CD-2, nearly took the state at large. Polquin won.
But lost in that, there were some lame ballot measures passed. But gun control was defeated! Bloomberg.
Some interesting ballot initiatives in other states
PA raised the mandatory retirement age for judges from 70 to 75....hmmm.
Nebraska reinstated the death penalty. For some season the leg abolished it and overrode the Governor’s veto. The people stepped in and fixed it. I don’t like the NE legislature’s “non-partisan” election system, catnip for RINOS and stealth democrats.
it also helps 3rd party candidates. No longer throwing vote away .... somehow I don’t like it.
I am very concerned about Ranked-Choice voting. The people really pushing hard for the proposal were the SEIU and lots of Bernie Sanders hard-core leftists. I have a feeling that this system of voting will not be good for Republicans in general and conservatives in particular.
Imagine if this is had been the rule for the presedential race back when the Clintons “perotted” his way to the presidency with 41% of the vote. I’m betting there would have been no Clinton presidency as more then likely 59% of the voters would have put him in last place.
Otherwise called a popularity contest. Qualified or knowledgeable candidates need not apply - open only to the cool, the rich, the good looking, the trend setters. Basically, most Hollywood stars would be the likely candidate. An electorate by and for the LIV voter.
Plus: First steps in eliminating the electoral college and any possibility good governance, but more toward legislatively requiring ordinary citizens to purchase mandated goods and services.
I think this is what Lani Guinier was pushing at the beginning of the Clinton Administration...until Rush led a drive to push her out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lani_Guinier
Hopefully the courts put a quick end to it.
Unless enough people list a #1 choice and no #2 choice, in which case you won’t get a majority unless you literally don’t count those ballots and only give percentages from those remaining.
It guarantees the plurality candidates will probably lose. Denying voters a choice...Dumb idea.
Hiked the state income tax for the "rich" by a scant margin.
Like we have any "rich". The "rich" don't have to work. This is for people earning over $200,000 (small business owners) We don't even have a lot of employees earning that much, unless of course, they work for the government...Bad idea.
Hiked the minimum wage.
Which in a nutshell is a job killer.
The RATs seem to think people should be able to support a family on minimum wage, when it is a "starting wage" for unskilled labor (summer jobs for teenagers) Most Maine employers already pay workers a wage above the current minimum, just to retain their good help.
This only means fewer jobs for highschool kids, and the introduction of the $20 hamburger.
Stupid, stupid, stupid!
Sounds a lot like musical chairs.