Maine

Congressional Races:
Districts: 1 | 2

Senatorial Race

Population (1994): 1,240,000 (up 1.0% from 1990), 0.5% of U.S. total

Voting-age population: 931,000; 1994 turnout, 54%

Median age: 33.9 years

Median household income: $30,316 ($1,948 below U.S. median)

Unemployment: 5% (0.6% below U.S. average, March 1996)

Last presidential election:

Clinton (D): 39%

Bush (R): 30%

Perot (I): 30%

Congressional delegation: One Democrat, three Republicans

Maine is still mostly rural, and its people--from the potato farmers of Aroostook County to the lobstermen of the choppy Atlantic--retain a well-developed delight in the American gift of independence. Once the barometer of the country--"As Maine goes, so goes the nation"--the Pine Tree State has become a bit of a political aberration: there are more minor-party or unaffiliated voters there than either registered Republicans or Democrats. In 1992 a third of Maine's voters opted for third-party presidential candidate Ross Perot, and in 1994 each of its congressional districts switched parties in sending a Representative to Washington. [an error occurred while processing this directive]

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