I think it's slightly ahead of Maine as the state is more suburban. Maine has more Republicans elected, but those Republicans are barely Republicans.
Neither could be won by a conservative candidate.
Paul LePage is pretty much a fire breathing conservative, and yet he won in Maine. Granted the Democrats ran a bad campaign, but he isn't exactly unpopular as a Governor there.
It's pretty difficult for any candidate to break 50 in a gubernatorial election in Maine.
Yes because Maine has a huge independent streak(The vast majority of ME voters are registered indies). And a independent's in many cases gain more then 10%-20% in Gubernatorial and other elections in the state, making things unpredictable for both big parties in the state.
