Official Maine Caucus Results Thread

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We should start getting anecdotal drabbles within the next hour as the earlier caucuses close, so I figured I'd open this thread.

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Times for caucuses can be found here: http://www.mainedems.org/caucus08.aspx

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I doubt it, after what we saw in Washington yesterday, but perhaps.

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It's snowing pretty heavily in northern Maine. Not likely to affect results in a state like Maine, however.

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Only anecdotal report so far is a "big Obama win" in Eliot, Maine (which is just across the river from Portsmouth, NH).

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Probably. Another anecdotal report says Obama got 55 votes to Clinton's 54 in Fairfield, which means a split delegation. Fairfield's pretty far up in what I would imagine to be Clinton territory, but I don't know anything about the town specifically.

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Houlton apparently went for Obama on huge turnout. That's a big surprise, although it is the Anglo area of Aroostook County. (Houlton is the last town on I-95, on the border with Canada.)

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LOL, Maine. I just went to the website of the local news station in Portland to see what they might be reporting, and their top story is "Toboggans Collide in Camden; Six Hurt". No joke. (Their other four stories include another snow-related accident and three about the election.)

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Hampden for Obama, 179-70. Hampden is just outside of Bangor, where Obama's rally was.

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Gardiner goes for Obama, 10 delegates to 4 (no news on actual vote). Gardiner is outside of Augusta.

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Chaos in Cape Elizabeth, probably a strong area for Obama:

http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/022066.html

Cape Elizabeth is a coastal haven just outside of Portland. Very wealthy.

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Machiasport for Obama, 2 delegates to 1. That's a coastal town way up near the Canadian border.

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Wells is the first town I can report for Clinton, 151-122 (votes). South Maine coastal town.

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Tiny Wilton goes for Obama with a ratio of about 3-1. Very rural town in the north (but not the Francophone north).

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Rumford, Dixfield, Mexico, and Byron for Clinton. All four are not far from each other in far north[west] Maine.

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Delegates split evenly in Old Orchard Beach (southern coast, very touristy); Clinton led the vote by only 6.

Deer Isle goes 6-1 for Obama in delegates. That's an island pretty far up off the coast, just west of Acadia NP. Artsy settlement.

Also, Cape Elizabeth results from above, 28-11 for Obama (delegate count).

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Turner to Clinton by 7 votes, 62-55. May also split delegates evenly. Town's not far from Lewiston-Auburn.

Obama wins York 414-225, not sure about delegate breakdown. That's a south coast town.

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A 11, P 31 (and Nader about 8%; good for Maine, average for the county it's in). I think only part of the island is in that township. Could be wrong.

Yes, that's true, Stonington covers the other half of the island. It's connected by road to the mainland, too, which makes a big difference from a ferry-only island.

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Turner to Clinton by 7 votes, 62-55. May also split delegates evenly. Town's not far from Lewiston-Auburn.

Obama wins York 414-225, not sure about delegate breakdown. That's a south coast town.

So as of right now.  Who is winning?

No idea. (Theoretically, Obama leads, but there have been so few results that it means nothing.)

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Oh, I meant that Turner may split its delegates evenly. I elide pronouns in my speech a lot, and I do it typing, too.

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Going off for a while. I'll be back soon.

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Presque Isle went for Obama, 63-60. Clinton may not have such a rock-solid lead in the Francophone north after all.

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Stonington to Obama, 3-1, Scarborough goes 31-22. (Those are delegates.) Stonington's an artsy coastal town in Down East. Scarborough is a Portland "suburb".

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Just saw that Obama has a 50%-48% lead with 11% reporting. Based on what I'm reading at Daily Kos, Obama is winning big in the cities (Portland area, Bangor area) and is winning by smaller margins in the more rural areas.

Also just saw that Hillary's campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle has been FIRED! She is being replaced by Maggie Williams.

If he is winning big in cities and winning by smaller margins in more rural area's; it cannot be a 50%-48% lead.  Something doesn't track with what you're hearing and the numbers

If it is indeed 50-48, I will interpret TheresNoMoney's response without the spin:

Obama is winning a good amount in the cities but losing to Clinton in the rural areas.

50-48 is the CNN entrance poll, apparently, not the results so far. CBS's entrance poll says 51-48 Obama.

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Winterport and Ellsworth are the only ones of those that I haven't covered here yet (and LOL at only one vote in Byron). Looks like Obama is very strong in Down East.