Thanks! Of course this begs the question why ME was so much more Democratic than NH in the first place. Why did it vote several points to the left of NH until 2016? It’s always struck me as a state that’s more Democratic than it "should be," especially considering the success ME Republicans have had downballot even after 1992.
NH is dominated by Boston suburbs, with a good chunk of people living there because of taxes (even though they still pay MA income tax for wage income of family members working in MA). Such suburbs were the Republican base pre-Trump (and I personally dont think their movement towards Ds in 2016 is long-term). NH was and still is the least new Englandish state ideologically.
