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The 2016 United States presidential election in Maine was held on 8 November 2016. It was part of the 2016 United States presidential election, in which all other states plus the District of Columbia voted.

Presidential

Polling

Below is a table with the polling results in Maine. Maine as a whole has voted Democrat in the general election since 1992.

Race Poll model Hillary Clinton
Democratic
Donald Trump
Republican
Gary Johnson
Libertarian
Jill Stein
Green
Lead margin
Two-way Election Projection 46% 39.5% N/A 7.5
HuffPost Pollster 47.8% 37.7% 10.1
Real Clear Politics 43.8% 37.5% 6.3
TPM Polltracker 50.3% 36.3% 14
Votamatic 55.8% 44.2% 11.6
Three-way Election Projection 43.8% 41.2% 7.3% N/A 2.6
Electoral Vote 43% 36% 9% 7
FiveThirtyEight 50.6% 40.3% 7.7% 10.3
Real Clear Politics 42.7% 36.7% 10% 6
Four-way Election Projection 41% 36.5% 10.5% 3.5% 4.5
Real Clear Politics 42% 36.8% 10.5 3.5% 5.2
TPM Polltracker 51% 35% 6% 4% 16
Maine Presidential Election Results 2016
Results by Wyoming's counties      Clinton—50-60%      Clinton—<50%      Trump—<50%      Trump—50-60%

Results

Presidential election
Choice Votes %
Hillary Clinton (DEM) 357,735 47.83%
Donald Trump (REP) 335,593 44.87%
Gary Johnson 38,105 5.09%
Jill Stein 14,251 1.91%
Darrell Castle 333 0.04%
Others 1,910 0.26%
Total votes 747,927 100.0%

Results by county

County Clinton# Clinton% Trump# Trump% Johnson# Johnson% Stein# Stein% Castle# Castle% Total Votes
Androscoggin 23,009 41.38% 28,227 50.77% 3,293 5.92% 883 1.59% 19 0.03% 55,601
Aroostook 13,386 38.14% 19,419 55.33% 1,652 4.71% 516 1.47% 13 0.04% 35,097
Cumberland 102,981 59.93% 57,709 33.59% 7,407 4.31% 3,263 1.90% 102 0.06% 171,818
Franklin 7,016 42.55% 7,918 48.02% 1,103 6.69% 376 2.28% 0 0.00% 16,488
Hancock 16,117 50.16% 13,705 42.65% 1,560 4.86% 644 2.00% 12 0.04% 32,130
Kennebec 29,302 44.26% 31,675 47.84% 3,768 5.69% 1,284 1.94% 20 0.03% 66,208
Knox 12,443 53.76% 9,148 39.52% 948 4.10% 535 2.31% 11 0.05% 23,147
Lincoln 10,241 47.63% 9,727 45.24% 1,039 4.83% 425 1.98% 11 0.05% 21,503
Overseas 3,017 75.69% 648 16.26% 203 5.09% 101 2.53% 2 0.05% 3,986
Oxford 12,172 39.01% 16,210 51.95% 2,045 6.55% 661 2.12% 20 0.06% 31,201
Penobscot 32,838 40.77% 41,622 51.68% 4,377 5.43% 1,417 1.76% 27 0.03% 80,540
Piscataquis 3,098 33.74% 5,406 58.88% 464 5.05% 179 1.95% 4 0.04% 9,182
Sagadahoc 10,664 50.33% 9,304 40.04% 1,178 5.45% 436 2.02% 7 0.03% 21,616
Somerset 9,092 34.88% 15,001 57.55% 1,362 5.23% 516 1.98% 10 0.04% 26,064
Waldo 10,440 45.98% 10,378 45.70% 1,220 5.37% 590 2.60% 8 0.04% 22,707
Washington 6,075 37.12% 9,093 55.56% 791 4.83% 370 2.26% 6 0.04% 16,365
York 55,844 48.87% 50,403 44.11% 5,695 4.98% 2,055 1.80% 61 0.05% 114,274
Totals 357,735 47.83% 335,593 44.87% 38,105 5.09% 14,251 1.91% 333 0.04%

Caucuses

Democratic

The Democratic caucus occurred on 6 March 2016.

Presidential election
Choice Votes % Delegates
Bernie Sanders 2,226 64.17% 18
Hillary Clinton 1,231 35.49% 12
Uncommitted 12 0.35% 0
Total votes 3,469 100% 30

Republican

The Republican caucus occurred on 5 March 2016.

Presidential election
Choice Votes % Delegates
Ted Cruz 8,550 45.90% 12
Donald Trump 6,070 32.59% 9
John Kasich 2,270 12.19% 2
Marco Rubio 1,492 8.01% 0
Withdrawn candidates 245 1.32% 0
Total votes 18,627 100% 23

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