Voting results defied conventional geographic and demographic divisions among the state’s Democrats, who reacted to a winnowing of the field in recent days.
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Biden and Sanders in close primary battle as count goes into Wednesday
Turnout was heavy for Maine’s first presidential primary in 20 years, and with 78% of polling places counted, Biden leads Sanders by about 1,350 votes.
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Maine Voices: Ranked-choice presidential primaries would give boost to moderates
Though Bernie Sanders would still lead, poll results show clearly that Democrats are more evenly split than declaring a plurality leader as the winner suggests.
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Democratic choices dwindle, but Maine voters’ absentee ballots still count
Seven of the 12 Democrats have dropped out since Maine printed its presidential primary ballot, and anyone who voted by absentee ballot will not get a second shot at voting.
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Mainers to cast ballots in Super Tuesday presidential primaries, vaccinations referendum
Maine is one of 14 states participating in the Super Tuesday primaries but has received relatively little attention from candidates aside from campaign advertising.
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Douglas Rooks: In praise of the party primary
We complain about the lack of choices, yet ignore or denigrate the very process we invented to help make those choices.
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Greg Kesich: Ranked-choice voting will be missed in Maine’s Democratic primary
In a crowded field, the instant runoffs would have provided clarity to a fractured process.
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Bernie Sanders’ win ups the pressure on moderate Democrats to coalesce
Analysis: The Vermont senator is benefiting from a crowded and fractured Democratic presidential field that is dividing up the rest of the vote.
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick drops out of presidential race
Patrick was the last remaining African American candidate in a Democratic presidential field once defined by its diversity.
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Joe Biden downplays New Hampshire amid last-minute pre-primary scramble
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden repeats his argument that the first 2 overwhelmingly white states in Democrats’ nominating process will not determine the nominee of a racially diverse party.