Maine's Question 1

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Somebody obviously doesn't understand what history is!

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I want to see if Al would agree, but what are the odds that a Hillary-Obama primary would have had a very similar map? 

The "yes" electoral coalition looks very like the New England Clinton primary coalition, yeah... which is interesting. Deep down these social divisions are obviously important ones.

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I knew it was over when I saw the Lewiston results someone posted early on.

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Wow, why'd it do so well in Aroostock county? Obama won that county by 10 points, while Question 1 did worse in Piscataquis, McCain's sole county in all of New England. And Canada has gay marriage.

Aroostock is overwhelmingly Catholic, which presumably explains things. The parts of Canada Aroostock borders aren't especially (small "l") liberal, fwiw.

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53-47 is good and close.

Not sludging through this whole thread - someone care to repost a link to results?

I don't know where it be either. But someone posted a map:

Here is the county map:

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Yes, the class angle seems to have been an important one. More so than in most other votes on this issue - I suppose that cultural differences between the Portland area and the rest of the state account for that.