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chollybocker

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6. "It was a majority of the citizens of Maine that elected him twice."
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 05:32 PM
Aug 2016

That statement is incorrect.

2010: In a 5-Candidate election: Lepage received 37.6% of popular vote.

2014: In a 3-Candidate election: Lepage received 48.2% of popular vote.

The distinction is an important part of the story.

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