A few days ago, I made the argument that gay marriage lost in Maine because proponents were unable to persuade “middle Maine” – the somewhat suburban voters who were probably able to be convinced on the subject, but were simply not won over. These are people who are hardly “anti-gay”, [...]
That has been the big question for a lot of people, both nationally and within the state itself. Now that gay marriage has been defeated in Maine, what will happen next?
Some of have suggested that this means that the equal marriage agenda is politically dead in the state, and any [...]
NOTE: I had the opportunity to write a piece on the Maine gay marriage fight which appeared in Politico today:
Long thought of as a “liberal” state by national political observers, Maine, whose voters on Tuesday voted down gay marriage, proved that cultural conservatism is — at least on this [...]
Mainers, and national observers, have woken up this morning asking how the Yes on 1 coalition won this fight. Through most of the lead up to this vote, observers (including myself) felt that it would be extremely close, potentially to a recount, and that the No on 1 folks had [...]
This afternoon, Maine Governor John Baldacci stopped by MSNBC to talk to David Schuster and company about Maine’s Equal Marriage law, and the efforts to repeal it.
Baldacci’s comments focused on the evolution of the issue in Maine, the process that lead to its approval by the legislature as well as [...]
If you thought this was going to be anything other than a dog fight, think again.
Democratic polling firm Public Policy Polling (who do extremely fair, good work, just for the record) has been spending a little time talking to voters in Maine. Today, they released a poll they conducted [...]
A poll released today by Public Policy Polling of North Carolina shows Question 1 in a dead heat, with 48 percent yes, 48 percent no and 4 percent undecided.
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