Maine Splits its Electoral Votes for First Time Since 1828

On November 8, Maine voters elected three Democratic presidential electors and one Republican presidential elector. This is the first time Maine has elected electors from different parties since 1828. In 1828, Maine elected one elector from each U.S. House district, just as it has been doing starting in 1972. In the 1828 election, Andrew Jackson, the Democratic nominee, carried the Cumberland District. All other districts elected National Republican electors, who voted for John Quincy Adams.

Maine newspaper stories say that the Maine electoral vote split this year is a first, but that is because the reporters who wrote the stories didn’t know about the 1828 election in Maine.


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Maine Splits its Electoral Votes for First Time Since 1828 — 2 Comments

  1. Nonstop amazing that about half the gerrymander States do NOT have internal gerrymander machinations for the EVIL rotted minority rule Electoral College.

    1/2 or less votes x 1/2 gerrymander AREAS = 1/4 or less CONTROL = OLIGARCHY.

    Abolish the E.C.
    P.R. and nonpartisan App.V.

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