why is that? remember in maine unlike any other state, they actually had a split electoral vote in 2016 so this is at two congressional districts in maine. maine one of the two states that gives out the electoral votes by congressional districts. this is what ended up happening here. along the coast is geographically smaller district here, this is southern maine, portla portland. you have higher incomes here, college degrees here and more democratic friendly electret. hillary clinton won by 15 points in 2016 and then you ve got the second congressional district that includes the county i was talking about where you get potato farms and a lot of rural western northern part of the state but this is a much more blue collar area. this is one of the highest concentrations without college degrees of any congressional district you ll find and in this part of the state, donald trump won by ten points. trump got the vote for the
the only state in the country that has these lines going through it like that. why is that? remember in maine unlike any other state, they actually had a split electoral vote in 2016 so this is at two congressional districts in maine. maine one of the two states that gives out the electoral votes by congressional districts. this is what ended up happening here. along the coast is geographically smaller district here, this is southern maine, portland. you have higher incomes here, college degrees here and more democratic friendly electret. hillary clinton won by 15 points in 2016 and then you ve got the second congressional district that includes the county i was talking about where you get potato farms and a lot of rural western northern part of the state but this is a much more blue collar area. this is one of the highest
you and prime minister cameron were thinking about this issue of referendum. prime minister may has negotiated a deal that for the hard brexiteers is not enough, and yet it does essentially take it united kingdom out of its current position in the european union. is it going to be enough? will it work, and will theresa may be able to stay on as prime minister? well, this maine one was always coming, which was confronting those who wanted to leave the eu with the reality you can t have the benefits of eu membership such as access to the single market and the security arrangements of eu membership without paying the costs. and that means accepting that other people sometimes ride the rules and you have to pay money. and the deal that theresa may has done really exposes that price. indeed in some ways it s much worse than an eu membership
of referendum. prime minister may has negotiated a deal that for the hard brexiteers is not enough, and yet it does essentially take it united kingdom out of its current position in the european union. is it going to be enough? will it work, and will theresa may be able to stay on as prime minister? well, this maine one was always coming, which was confronting those who wanted to leave the eu with the reality you can t have the benefits of eu membership such as access to the single market and the security arrangements of eu membership without paying the costs. and that means accepting that other people sometimes ride the rules and you have to pay money. and the deal that theresa may has done really exposes that price. indeed in some ways it s much worse than an eu membership because we are going to be following rules we ourselves do not have over.
broke the record set in 1808 when six electors switched their vote from james madison. in washington state four electors broke away, three to vote for former secretary of state colin powell, one voted for spotted eagle, a sioux elder, in hawaii another elector voted for bernie sanders. in texas trump lost two of the electoral voters in that state, one voting for kasich, another for ron paul. there were more electoral college attempts to break away from clinton thwarted by laws that bind electors in some states to that state s popular vote winner. in colorado a clinton elector attempted to vote for republican john kasich. the elector was replaced. in maine one of three of clinton s voters tried to cast his ballot for vermont senator bernie sanders but was forced to switch back by the rules. in minnesota a clinton defector