In Search Of: Election results for Maine and Nebraska districts

[Sasquatch]

Does anyone know where I can find this info? I'd be interested in seeing all of them if possible. I understand that Maine has been doing this method 20 years longer than Nebraska from what I've gathered. Also 2008 might be the last cycle that Nebraska does it that way.

From what I've gathered already, in 2000 George W. Bush only lost ME district-2 by 01.91% (mostly because Nader won almost 6% of the vote). Were there ever any other close calls in Maine? Perhaps in 1980 or 1992?

Nebraska doesn't seem like it would have as many interesting results, but it's the only state of the two to actually ever split there votes. Of course we know Obama won Nebraska district-2 in 2008. I've tried to figure up the results but since Sarpy County is carved into two pieces I can't get an accurate total from this sites election results.

[Nym90]

Every election since 1972 for Maine and since 1992 for Nebraska has the district results (i.e., the year in which each state switched to using the district system of allocation of EVs). If you can't see it I'm assuming it's because you haven't paid for annual membership.

Maine came very close to splitting its EVs in 1976 with Carter only losing ME-2 by about 0.2%. And the closest Perot came to winning an EV nationwide was ME-02 in 1992 where he lost by about 4.5% or so (too lazy to look up the exact numbers now).

[Sasquatch]

So 1980 wasn't close to splitting?

I figured John Anderson would have gave Carter a chance to take 1 EV.

[Nym90]

Reagan won both districts in Maine by more than 3 percent in 1980. I guess you could say they were both "close" therefore, but the first district was only slightly closer than the 2nd.

Until the last decade, Maine's districts voted very similarly to each other, with the 2nd sometimes even being more Democratic as the 1st (as in 1976).