United States presidential elections in Maine

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Presidential elections in Maine
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Number of elections52
Voted Democratic19
Voted Republican30
Voted Whig1
Voted Democratic-Republican2
Voted other0
Voted for winning candidate32
Voted for losing candidate20

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Maine, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1820, Maine has participated in every U.S. presidential election. Prior to 1820, much of the territory currently comprising the state of Maine was part of the state of Massachusetts, and citizens residing in that area have thus been able to participate in every U.S. election.

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Since 1972, Maine awards two electoral votes based on the statewide vote, and one vote for each of the two congressional districts. However, it is rare that this results in a split vote. It has done so three times, in 2016, 2020, and 2024. [1] The only other state to allow for split electoral college votes is Nebraska. [2]

Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

Elections from 1864 to present

1st congressional district
2nd congressional district
YearWinner (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentOther national
candidates [a]
VotesPercentElectoral
Votes
Notes
2024 [3] Donald Trump 377,97745.46 Kamala Harris 435,65252.404Electoral votes split: 3 to Harris, 1 to Trump. (Harris won statewide and in the 1st congressional district; Trump won in the 2nd district.)
2020 [4] Joe Biden 435,07253.09 Donald Trump 360,73744.024Electoral votes split: 3 to Biden, 1 to Trump. (Biden won statewide and in the 1st congressional district; Trump won in the 2nd district.)
2016 [5] Donald Trump [b] 335,59344.87 Hillary Clinton 357,73547.834Electoral votes split: 3 to Clinton, 1 to Trump. (Clinton won statewide and in the 1st congressional district; Trump won in the 2nd district.)
2012 [6] Barack Obama 401,30656.27 Mitt Romney 292,27640.984
2008 [7] Barack Obama 421,92357.71 John McCain 295,27340.384
2004 [8] George W. Bush 330,20144.58 John Kerry 396,84253.574
2000 [9] George W. Bush [b] 286,61643.97 Al Gore 319,95149.094
1996 [10] Bill Clinton 312,78851.62 Bob Dole 186,37830.76 Ross Perot 85,97014.194
1992 Bill Clinton 263,42038.77 George H. W. Bush 206,50430.39 Ross Perot 206,82030.444
1988 George H. W. Bush 307,13155.34 Michael Dukakis 243,56943.884
1984 Ronald Reagan 336,50060.83 Walter Mondale 214,51538.784
1980 Ronald Reagan 238,52245.61 Jimmy Carter 220,97442.25 John B. Anderson 53,32710.24
1976 Jimmy Carter 232,27948.07 Gerald Ford 236,32048.914
1972 Richard Nixon 256,45861.46 George McGovern 160,58438.484
1968 Richard Nixon 169,25443.07 Hubert Humphrey 217,31255.3 George Wallace 6,3701.624
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson 262,26468.84 Barry Goldwater 118,70131.164
1960 John F. Kennedy 181,15942.95 Richard Nixon 240,60857.055
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower 249,23870.87 Adlai Stevenson II 102,46829.13 T. Coleman Andrews/
Unpledged Electors [c]
-5
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower 232,35366.05 Adlai Stevenson II 118,80633.775
1948 Harry S. Truman 111,91642.27 Thomas E. Dewey 150,23456.74 Strom Thurmond 5
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt 140,63147.45 Thomas E. Dewey 155,43452.445
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt 156,47848.77 Wendell Willkie 163,95151.15
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt 126,33341.52 Alf Landon 168,82355.495
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt 128,90743.19 Herbert Hoover 166,63155.835
1928 Herbert Hoover 179,92368.63 Al Smith 81,17930.966
1924 Calvin Coolidge 138,44072.03 John W. Davis 41,96421.83 Robert M. La Follette 11,3825.926
1920 Warren G. Harding 136,35568.92 James M. Cox 58,96129.8 Parley P. Christensen 6
1916 Woodrow Wilson 64,03346.97 Charles E. Hughes 69,50850.996
1912 Woodrow Wilson 51,11339.43 Theodore Roosevelt 48,49537.41 William H. Taft 26,54520.486
1908 William H. Taft 66,98763 William Jennings Bryan 35,40333.296
1904 Theodore Roosevelt 65,43267.44 Alton B. Parker 27,64228.496
1900 William McKinley 65,41261.89 William Jennings Bryan 36,82234.846
1896 William McKinley 80,40367.9 William Jennings Bryan 34,58729.216
1892 Grover Cleveland 48,04941.26 Benjamin Harrison 62,93654.05 James B. Weaver 2,3962.066
1888 Benjamin Harrison [b] 73,73057.49 Grover Cleveland 50,47239.356
1884 Grover Cleveland 52,15339.97 James G. Blaine 72,21755.346
1880 James A. Garfield 74,05251.46 Winfield S. Hancock 65,21145.32 James B. Weaver 4,4093.067
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes [b] 66,30056.64 Samuel J. Tilden 49,91742.657
1872 Ulysses S. Grant 61,42667.86 Horace Greeley 29,09732.147
1868 Ulysses S. Grant 70,50262.4 Horatio Seymour 42,46037.67
1864 Abraham Lincoln 67,80559.1 George B. McClellan 46,99240.97

Election of 1860

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an opponent of slavery, was considered a threat by southern states seeking to use the federal government to enforce their pro-slavery laws in northern states among other factors. Soon after this election, eleven states seceded and the American Civil War began. [11]

YearWinner (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentElectoral
Votes
1860 Abraham Lincoln 62,81162.2 Stephen A. Douglas 29,69329.4 John C. Breckinridge 6,3686.3 John Bell 2,0462.08

Elections from 1828 to 1856

YearWinner (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentOther national
candidates [a]
VotesPercentElectoral
Votes
Notes
1856 James Buchanan 39,14035.68 John C. Frémont 67,27961.34 Millard Fillmore 3,2702.988
1852 Franklin Pierce 41,60950.63 Winfield Scott 32,54339.6 John P. Hale 8,0309.778
1848 Zachary Taylor 35,27340.25 Lewis Cass 40,19545.87 Martin Van Buren 12,15713.879
1844 James K. Polk 45,71953.83 Henry Clay 34,37840.489
1840 William Henry Harrison 46,61250.23 Martin Van Buren 46,19049.7710
1836 Martin Van Buren 22,82558.92 William Henry Harrison 14,80338.21various [d] 10
1832 Andrew Jackson 33,97854.67 Henry Clay 27,33143.97 William Wirt 8441.3610
1828 Andrew Jackson 13,92740.03 John Quincy Adams 20,77359.719Electoral vote split 8 to 1.

Election of 1824

The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailing Democratic-Republican Party, resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the party, and competing for influence in different parts of the country. The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. It was also the only presidential election in which the candidate who received a plurality of electoral votes (Andrew Jackson) did not become president, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain.

YearWinner (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentElectoral
Votes
1824 Andrew Jackson no ballots John Quincy Adams 10,28981.50 Henry Clay no ballots William H. Crawford 2,33618.509

Election of 1820

In the election of 1820, incumbent President James Monroe ran effectively unopposed, winning all electoral votes (including Maine’s nine electoral votes) except one vote in New Hampshire. The popular vote was primarily directed to filling the office of vice president.

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
  3. Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina
  4. Three other candidates ran and received electoral votes nationally as part of the unsuccessful Whig strategy to defeat Martin Van Buren by running four candidates with local appeal in different regions of the country. The others were Hugh Lawson White, Daniel Webster, and Willie Person Mangum. None of these candidates appeared on the ballot in Maine.

References

  1. "Distribution of Electoral Votes | National Archives". September 19, 2019.
  2. "Lawmakers skeptical of enacting Trump-backed bill in Nebraska that could give him edge over Biden". ABC News .
  3. "U.S. President by County/Town". Maine.gov. December 5, 2024. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
  4. 2020 official Federal Election Commission report.
  5. 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.
  6. 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
  7. 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.
  8. "Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. May 2005.
  9. "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  10. "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  11. Goodwin D. K. (2005). Team of rivals: The political genius of Abraham Lincoln. Simon & Schuster.