Leading in all the polls it was still a long night for Paul Lepage. Around 11 AM on the day after the election Elliott Cutler conceded. Lepage, trailing when all the cities sent in their votes slowly picked up ground as the vote counting in the rural areas came forth.
Clearly at this moment in time my political views are not in the majority but it does amaze me that the areas of the state with the most economic problems are those that vote Republican the strongest. That would not seem to make sense.
However clearly a message has been delivered. People are scared about their futures and are willing to try something new. LePage will have a state senate that is dominated by Republicans and should be able to get some of his ideas through.
What those ideas will be remains to be seen but it is my experience that being upset over his victory will do not good. Most people once in office govern to the center and I suspect LePage will do the same.
It will be interesting to see how it plays out.
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