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 [...]
My thoughts on Tuesday's election results at The Greenroom.
[...]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 [...]
Pine Tree Politics is prepared to call question one. With 75% of the vote counted, the Yes on One campaign has widened its lead to nearly 20,000 votes.
The voter rich ares of Portland, Bangor, Augusta, and other large cities have either already been counted, or the remaining votes in those [...]
With 63% of precincts reporting, the results are as follows:
Question 1 – People’s Veto of Equal Marriage Bill
Yes – 188,497 – 52% No – 176,473 – 48%As the night wears on and the numerical lead for Yes on One continues to be in five digits, that bodes well for their [...]
With 22% of precincts reporting, question 1 simply could not be ANY closer. What started out as a great night for the no on one crowd has significantly changed, and we are now officially in a dogfight.
Take a gander at the results so far.
Question 1 – Equal Marriage Veto
No [...]Early returns are in. Currently the Bangor Daily News is reporting that with roughly 5% of the vote currently counted, the referendum questions are currently breaking down as follows:
QUESTION 1 – REJECT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LAW
No 14988 - 54.48% Yes 12524 - 45.52%QUESTION 2 – DECREASE AUTOMOBILE EXCISE TAX
No [...]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 [...]
Despite other polls that have suggested a big lead for same-sex marriage supporters, Daily Kos released a poll Thursday that showed it’s a dead heat.
[...]On April 22, 2009, 86-year-old WWII veteran and self described “lifelong Republican” Philip Spooner testified at the public meeting on the Maine Equal Marriage bill. His testimony was brief, but powerful, and the video of his words have become one of the central weapons that opponents of Question 1 have [...]
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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