Maine Ranked Choice Voting Initiative Approved
I'm very proud of my state. We also voted to legalize marijuana.<p>RCV was especially relevant to Maine because our Republican governor, Paul LePage, won his seat -- twice -- with around 35%-45% of the vote, primarily due to votes being split between the Democratic and Independent candidates (a.k.a The Spoiler Effect).<p>To me, LePage and his path to election and re-election closely mirrors Trump and his campaign. He ran on "telling it like it is", "being a businessman, not a politician", and "draining the swamp". He has said some really horrible things about minorities and his fellow politicians, he's vetoed a record number of bills, and he's held very controversial policy stances.<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/us/controversial-gov-paul-lepage-maine-list.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/us/controversial-gov-paul-...</a><p><a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/10/06/samantha_bee_compares_maine_governor_paul_lepage_to_trump_video.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/10/06/samantha_bee_...</a><p>Edit: I never meant to imply blame of any candidate in creating the Spoiler Effect, and as such I modified my comment to reflect this.