2009 Maine Proposition 1 Referendum by town

[homelycooking]

Beautiful map, not-so-beautiful result.

http://a.imageshack.us/img806/7191/maineprop12009.png

Wording on this question is confusing. "Yes" is a vote to repeal gay marriage, and "No" is a vote to let the law stand.

Light Green: 50-60% No
Bright Green: 60-70% No
Dark Green: 70+% No

Light Red: 50-60% Yes
Bright Red: 60-70% Yes
Dark Red: 70+% Yes

I think I'll do some more Maine referenda maps...

[homelycooking]

Hey homelycooking, I like your maps a lot, but is there any chance you could use the Atlas coloring system? I would love to see this map with a full color scale.

What's the colour scheme? I'll be glad to redo the map.

[homelycooking]

The Bangor and Presque Isle TV markets appear to have voted yes (Presque Isle is obvious; Bangor would require an analysis of coast vs. interior to be sure),

Bangor proper voted no along with Old Town and very liberal Orono. However, the yes votes from the surrounding very conservative towns (between Bangor and Dover-Foxcroft) almost certainly cancelled out Yes' margins in the cities.

[homelycooking]

That's right, it's Indian Township.

The +70% towns in the Bangor Market are, in order of population,

NO
Orono 9958
Bar Harbor 4117
North Haven 374
Cranberry Isles 201
Isle Au Haut 57

total 14707

YES
Lincoln 5059
East Millinocket 2376
Baileyville 2185
Corinna 1891
Medway 1858
Corinth 1715
Hartland 1660
Howland 1601
Palmyra 1488
St Albans 1400
Enfield 1388
Patten 1371
Sangerville 1219
Greenbush 1064
Charleston 1041
Mattawamkeag 1002
Princeton 990
Bradford 889
Danforth 827
Plymouth 811
Hudson 798
Frankfort 780
Etna 758
Harmony 756
Cutler 728
Garland 713
Beals 695
Lee 686
Parkman 626
Abbot 577
Moscow 572
Verona 558
Staceyville 555
Winn 503
Cambridge 445
Springfield 443
Ripley 434
Chester 433
Passadumkeag 431
Alexander 383
Burlington 322
Baring Plantation 308
Atkinson 306
Charlotte 295
Kingman Township 281
Vanceboro 256
Topsfield 244
Shirley 241
Mount Chase 233
Woodville 225
Prentiss Plantation 205
Lowell 194
Waltham 186
Carroll Plantation 172
Willimantic 164
Waite 132
Edinburg 126
Meddybemps 110
Aurora 109
Caratunk 84
Crawford 83
Webster Plantation 79
Brighton Plantation 74
Highland Plantation 59
Drew Plantation 57
Sebois Plantation 53
Osborn 47
Deblois 44
Beddington 36
Bowerbank 19
Kingsbury Plantation 4

total 48457

I think it's pretty certain that Yes prevailed in the Bangor area.

[homelycooking]

Thanks very much! Here's the map again.

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/7191/maineprop12009.png

[homelycooking]

Good work, homely. Do you or anyone else can make a list of the towns with the best percentage or numerical margins.

No problem.

Top 10 Highest Percentages, YES

Glenwood Plantation, 100.0% (5 total votes)
Moro Plantation, 95.2% (21 total votes)
Drew Plantation, 94.4% (18 total votes)
Kingman Township, 93.5% (62 total votes)
Reed Plantation, 90.5% (63 total votes)
Crawford, 87.9% (58 total votes)
Kingsbury Plantation, 87.5% (8 total votes)
Hersey, 87.5% (24 total votes)
Cary Plantation, 86.4% (88 total votes)
Byron, 85.9% (71 total votes)

Top 10 Highest Percentages, NO

Isle au Haut, 88.4% (43 total votes)
Cranberry Isles, 74.8% (115 total votes)
Portland, 73.5% (27,353 total votes)
Orono, 73.2% (4,276 total votes)
North Haven, 72.0% (200 total votes)
Bar Harbor, 71.0% (2,469 total votes)
Cape Elizabeth, 68.4% (5,217 total votes)
Ogunquit, 67.9% (757 total votes)
Yarmouth, 66.4% (4,434 total votes)
Mount Desert, 66.4% (1,116 total votes)

Numerical margins will take a while. I'll do them tomorrow.

[homelycooking]

Top 10 Highest Vote Totals, YES

Lewiston 7420
Portland 7250
Bangor 5205
Auburn 4835
South Portland 4174
Scarborough 4162
Biddeford 4129
Augusta 3824
Windham 3807
Sanford 3722

Top 10 Highest Vote Totals, NO

Portland 20103
South Portland 7391
Bangor 6149
Brunswick 5971
Lewiston 5193
Scarborough 4907
Auburn 4128
Saco 4069
Westbrook 3908
Biddeford 3697

Top 10 Highest Vote-Margins, YES

Lewiston 2227
Caribou 1257
Presque Isle 1118
Lisbon 1073
Winslow 826
Houlton 822
Jay 813
Millinocket 802
Lincoln 780
Madawaska 772

Top 10 Highest Vote-Margins, NO

Portland 12853
South Portland 3217
Brunswick 2485
Orono 1982
Cape Elizabeth 1915
Falmouth 1322
Freeport 1156
Bar Harbor 1039
Bangor 944
Wells 926
Kennebunk 825

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