United States presidential election in Maine, 2016

Main article: United States presidential election, 2016

United States presidential election in Maine, 2016

November 8, 2016

Nominee TBA Donald Trump (presumptive) Party Democratic Republican Home state New York Running mate TBA TBA

Incumbent President Barack Obama Democratic

The 2016 United States presidential election in Maine will take place on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 general election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participate. Maine voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote.

On March 5 and 6, 2016, in the caucuses, voters expressed their preferences for the Republican, Democratic, and Green parties' respective nominees for President. Registered members of each party only voted in their party's caucus, while voters who were unaffiliated chose any one primary in which to vote.

Primary elections

Democratic caucus

Democratic caucus results by county.

  Bernie Sanders

Main article: Maine Democratic caucuses, 2016

Maine Democratic caucuses, March 6, 2016
Candidate	State convention delegates		Estimated delegates
	Count	Percentage	Pledged	Unpledged	Total
Bernie Sanders	2,226	64.17%	16	1	17
Hillary Clinton	1,231	35.49%	9	3	12
Uncommitted	12	0.35%	0	1	1
Total	3,469	100%	25	5	30
Source: The Green Papers

Republican caucus

Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, and John Kasich were all on the ballot for the 2016 Maine state Republican caucuses. The caucuses were held on March 5, 2016, in the following counties in Maine: Cumberland, Franklin, Piscataquis, Somerset, Aroostook, Androscoggin, Sagadahoc, Kennebec, Lincoln, Knox, Hancok, Waldo, Washington, York, Oxford, and Penobscot counties.

Ted Cruz won the caucus with 45.9% of the vote and was awarded 12 delegates, with Donald Trump in second, receiving 32.59% of the votes and 9 delegates.

Maine Republican municipal caucuses, March 5, 2016
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
			Bound	Unbound	Total
Ted Cruz	8,550	45.90%	12	0	12
Donald Trump	6,070	32.59%	9	0	9
John Kasich	2,270	12.19%	2	0	2
Marco Rubio	1,492	8.01%	0	0	0
Ben Carson (withdrawn)	132	0.71%	0	0	0
Rand Paul (withdrawn)	55	0.3%	0	0	0
Jeb Bush (withdrawn)	31	0.17%	0	0	0
Carly Fiorina (withdrawn)	17	0.09%	0	0	0
Mike Huckabee (withdrawn)	10	0.05%	0	0	0
Unprojected delegates:			0	0	0
Total:	18,627	100%	23	0	23
Source: The Green Papers

Green Caucus

Maine held a series of caucuses throughout the state between February 27 and March 19. The Maine Green Independent Party didn't compile the results until the state convention on May 7, during which it then assigned delegates based on the results.

On March 13, 2016, it was announced that Jill Stein had won the Maine Green Independent Party Caucuses.

Maine Green Party presidential caucus, February 27 - March 19, 2016
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	National delegates
Jill Stein	-	-	-
William Kreml	-	-	-
Kent Mesplay	-	-	-
Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry	-	-	-
Darryl Cherney	-	-	-
Uncommitted	-	-	-
Total	-	-	-

† The official results are not yet available. However, Jill Stein has an overwhelming percentage of the votes that have been released. It is mathematically impossible for any other candidate to win the caucus.

See also

• Democratic Party presidential debates, 2016
• Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016
• Republican Party presidential debates, 2016
• Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016

External links

• RNC 2016 Republican Nominating Process
• Green papers for 2016 primaries, caucuses, and conventions
• 2016 Presidential primaries, ElectionProjection.com
• Decision Desk Headquarter Results for Maine