2024 Maine Democratic presidential primary

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2024 Maine Democratic presidential primary
Flag of Maine.svg
  2020 March 5, 20242028 
  IA
MA  

32 delegates (24 pledged and 8 unpledged) to the Democratic National Convention
  Joe Biden presidential portrait (cropped).jpg NOTA Option Logo 3x4.svg Dean Phillips by Gage Skidmore (cropped).jpg
Candidate Joe Biden Blank ballots Dean Phillips
Home state Delaware Minnesota
Delegate count2400
Popular vote60,0187,3594,623
Percentage82.8%10.2%6.4%

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The 2024 Maine Democratic presidential primary took place on March 5, 2024, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 32 delegates to the Democratic National Convention were allocated to presidential candidates. [1] The contest was held on Super Tuesday alongside primaries in 14 other states and territories. This was a semi-closed primary where party members may only vote in their respective party's primary, but unenrolled voters may choose a party's primary to participate in. This change in law from Maine's previous closed primary went into effect on May 14, 2022, without Gov. Janet Mills' signature. [2]

Contents

Biden won in a landslide, with some opposition from Philips, who won almost 7% of the vote.

Candidates

The filing deadline was December 1. [3] Two candidates met the requirements to appear on the ballot: [4] [5]

Write-in campaign

The Maine Coalition for Palestine launched an effort to convince voters to write-in "Ceasefire" in the primary, drawing inspiration from a similar campaign in New Hampshire and the success of the campaign for uncommitted votes in Michigan. [6] However, as Maine state law only requires that votes for declared write-in candidates be tallied, these votes will be counted as blank ballots. [7]

Endorsements

Joe Biden

Individuals

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [a]
Margin
of error
Joe
Biden
Cory
Booker
Pete
Buttigieg
Kamala
Harris
Amy
Klobuchar
Gavin
Newsom
Jared
Polis
Bernie
Sanders
Elizabeth
Warren
Marianne
Williamson
Digital Research Inc. [9] Mar 22 – April 22, 2023202 (LV)31%3%11%18%4%2%1%27%10%1%

Results

Maine Democratic primary, March 5, 2024 [10]
CandidateVotesPercentageActual delegate count
PledgedUnpledgedTotal
Joe Biden (incumbent)60,01882.8%24
Dean Phillips 4,6236.4%
Other candidates4800.7%
Blank ballots7,35910.2%
Total:72,480100%24832

Results by county

Biden won every county by a comfortable margin. He performed best in Lincoln County, reaching slightly less than 90% of the vote. Conversely, he recorded his worst result in Aroostook County, where both Phillips and blank ballots reached their best performance. Phillips secured the second place in Franklin, Kennebec and Oxford counties, while falling to the third in the other thirteen. [11]

CountyBidenPhillipsBlank
Androscoggin 77.77%10.18%11.38%
Aroostook 73.42%10.72%15.17%
Cumberland 81.71%5.23%12.91%
Franklin 84.5%8.3%6.98%
Hancock 84.91%4.32%9.66%
Kennebec 84.65%7.44%6.66%
Knox 85.71%3.96%9.58%
Lincoln 88.59%4.25%7.16%
Oxford 83.01%8.31%7.1%
Penobscot 81.12%7.77%8.73%
Piscataquis 81.5%9.06%9.45%
Sagadahoc 85.46%4.78%7.92%
Somerset 80.04%9.08%9.22%
Waldo 82.54%5.19%11%
Washington 81.93%6.69%10.08%
York 84.37%7.26%8.36%

Results by congressional district

Biden won both districts by more than 80% of the vote. Both he and blank votes performed better in the smaller, more urban first district, [12] [13] while Phillips recorded a better result in the larger, more rural second district, which was also the only one in New England to back Donald Trump in 2020. [14]

DistrictBidenPhillipsBlank
1st 83.37%5.77%10.56%
2nd 81.83%7.42%9.46%

See also

Notes

  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

References

  1. "Maine Democratic Delegation 2024". The Green Papers . Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  2. Meyers, David. "Maine joins list of states with open primaries". The Fulcrum. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  3. "Presidential Primary Petition 2024" (PDF). Maine Secretary of State. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  4. "List of Presidential Primary candidates as of Dec. 1 filing deadline". www.maine.gov. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  5. Andrews, Ethan (December 1, 2023). "Maine releases 2024 presidential primary candidates list". Bangor Daily News . Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  6. "'Uncommitted' voters challenged Biden in Michigan. There is no such option in Maine. • Maine Morning Star".
  7. "Peace activists urge protest votes in Maine's Democratic primary". Portland Press Herald . March 1, 2024.
  8. "Big money donors rally behind Biden as he launches his reelection bid". CNBC . April 26, 2023. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
  9. Digital Research Inc.
  10. "Tabulations for Elections held in 2024: March 5, 2024 Presidential Primary Election". Maine Secretary of State. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  11. "Tabulations for Elections held in 2024". Department of the Secretary of State, State of Maine. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  12. "Maine - Congressional District 1" (PDF). census.gov. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  13. "Maine - Congressional District 2" (PDF). census.gov. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  14. Nir, David (November 15, 2022). "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district". Daily Kos. Retrieved April 11, 2024.