Where It Ranks Among the States (House Elections 2000)
Voter Turnout: 2nd (66%)
Victory Margin: 20th (35%)
Facts in Focus
The
average margin of victory for Maine's two U.S. House races was 35%
in 2000. This is a decrease from the largest margin of victory of
the nineties in 1998 (39%) -- which was ten percentage
points greater than the 1996 election, and almost 10 times greater
than the 4% margin in the 1994 election, when there were two open
seats.
Maine's turnout increased significantly in
2000 compared to House races during the nineties, which dropped from 64% in 1996 and 54%
in 1994 to 43% in 1998.
32% of Maine's voters cast ballots for Republicans in 2000,
but elected 0% of the House seats. Conversely, the 68% of
voters who cast ballots for Democrats elected 100% of Maine's
representatives.
Both of
Maine's House seats were won by landslide margins of 20% or more.
Maine's 2 House Members both were elected since
1992; both of the state's U.S. Senators also joined the Senate in
the 1990s.
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