2024 Maine Democratic presidential primary

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2024 Maine Democratic presidential primary
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  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

Results

Maine Democratic primary, March 5, 2024
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
Source: [9]

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 the Arostook 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. [10]

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, [11] [12] 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 [13]

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

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