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Election in Maine
1852 United States presidential election in Maine|
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The 1852 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 2, 1852, as part of the
1852 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the
Electoral College, who voted for
President and
Vice President.
Maine voted for the
Democratic candidate,
Franklin Pierce, over the
Whig Party candidate,
Winfield Scott. Pierce won the state by a margin of 11.03%.
Pierce would be the last Democratic candidate to win Maine until
Woodrow Wilson in
1912 and the last one until
Lyndon B. Johnson in
1964 to win a majority of the popular vote. This would be the last occasion until
1880 that a Democrat carried any county in the state, the last until 1964 that a Democratic presidential candidate won
Franklin County,
Oxford County,
Penobscot County or
Piscataquis County, and the last until 1912 that a Democrat carried
Cumberland County,
Hancock County,
Washington County or
York County.
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