MAINE

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French Canadians are mostly Democrats, though perhaps not to the extent that they used to be. This is as much a class thing as anything else.

You should note that, so far at least, Clinton has done well and Obama badly (sometimes very badly) in areas with significant numbers of voters of French descent.

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Do the French Mainers vote as an ethnic bloc? And is it overwhelmingly for one party or another?

Democrats, generally. The town map on this website illustrates this well, with the Democratic vote in Aroostook County concentrated up at the border with (French speaking areas of) New Brunswick.

Lewiston et al is very French as well. Though English speaking, while a lot of Aroostook is actually Francophone.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Do the French Mainers vote as an ethnic bloc? And is it overwhelmingly for one party or another?

Democrats, generally. The town map on this website illustrates this well, with the Democratic vote in Aroostook County concentrated up at the border with (French speaking areas of) New Brunswick.

Lewiston et al is very French as well. Though English speaking, while a lot of Aroostook is actually Francophone.

26% of Lewiston residents speak French at home, compared to 83% of Madawaska residents and 62% of Fort Kent residents.

Still as high as 26%? Surprising yet pleasing

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As of last census about 47% of people in Lewiston were of French/French Canadian ancestry.