"As Maine goes, so goes Vermont" refers to only 2 states won by him in 1936 election
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'As Maine goes, so goes the nation,' Sept. 8, 1958 - POLITICO  Sep 8, 2016 ... Maine's reputation as a bellwether for presidential elections gave ... That trend came to a spectacular halt in 1936 when Alf Landon, the Republican nominee, carried only ... campaign manager, to quip: As Maine goes, so goes Vermont. ... On this day in 1958, Muskie won 60 percent of the vote, making him...
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As Maine Goes, So Goes Vermont: A History of GOP Attempts to Kill ...  What the Obama Legacy Means to me ... Monday Mar 07, 2005  2:42 PM PST ... Roosevelt won more votes than any candidate in history. ... aphorism, but after the election of 1936, the joke became "As Maine goes, so goes Vermont". ... the status of the New Deal as an American guarantee, and not only a Democratic one.
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The Big Apple: As Maine goes, so goes the nation - Barry Popik  Jan 4, 2010 ... "As goes Maine, so goes the nation usually means that the winner ... in September 1844, just before that year's presidential election. ... As Maine goes, so goes Vermont was an immediate 1936 election .... It is not likely that Mr. Van Buren, with the forty-two electoral votes of New York against him, will form...
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As the nation splits, so goes Maine? - The Washington Post  Oct 7, 2016 ... Only Maine and Nebraska divide their electoral votes by congressional district. ... Bradbury added that LePage has said that Trump owes him a stipend ... LePage won both election and reelection with a minority of the vote  only ... the idea of the state splitting between its two congressional districts comes...
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The 1936 Presidential Election  Catholics and Politics  American ...  Though the quip As Maine goes, So goes Vermont was attributed to Franklin ... (scroll to year 1936 in the drop down menu on the left), Landon won only two states, ... won handily over Republican incumbent Herbert Hoover, beating him by 17 ... a voting block was by no means clear in the campaign preceding the election.
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Jeopary Questions page 1192 - PEOPLE IN SPORTS - TriviaBistro ...  8, 1980 Paul Goresh took the last photograph of this rock star as he signed his LP ... The political slogan "As" this state "goes, so goes the nation" dates back to the 1880s ... ALL ABOUT PRESIDENTS: As a teenager in the 1880s, he played the...
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Calvin Coolidge, b. July 4, 1872, Plymouth Notch, Vermont, VT; d ...  July 4, 1872, Plymouth Notch, Vermont, VT; d. January 5, 1933, Northampton, MA. John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States.
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jeopardy/2093_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  COASTAL COMMUNITIES | Gloucester in this state has been a fishing center for over 3 centuries | Massachusetts .... GOVERNORS | In 1998 this state's Jim Geringer was the only governor to win election with under 100,000 votes | Wyoming.
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Edmund Muskie - Wikipedia  Edmund Sixtus "Ed" Muskie (March 28, 1914  March 26, 1996) was an American statesman, ... He was also a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President in 1972. .... Muskie thus became Maine's first Roman Catholic governor. He ... In the Senate election in 1958, Muskie won 60 percent of the vote, defeating...
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Maine is the Only U.S. State Whose Name Has Only One Syllable  Jun 25, 2012 ... Maine is the only state in the United States whose name has only one syllable. There is one U.S. territory that also has only one syllable, the...
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Green Mountains Vs White Mountains - Travel. Experience. Live.  Jul 3, 2015 ... Vermont's state nickname, the 'Green Mountain State,' is taken from the ... at least not like the White Mountains as we will see in a short while. ... White Mountainsremember that there were only five in the Green Mountains.
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As Maine goes, so goes the nation - Wikipedia  "As Maine goes, so goes the nation" is a phrase that at one time was in wide currency in United States politics. The phrase described Maine's reputation as a...
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GEORGE WILL: GOP needs to revert to nominating Republicans ...  Oct 26, 2016 ... He received fewer than the combined votes for two Democratic rivals, the ... has ever won the presidential popular vote six times over seven elections. ... This year's winner probably will be the first Democrat since Grover Cleveland to ... vetoed more bills during his two, non-consecutive terms than all of his...
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'As Maine goes, so goes the nation,' Sept. 8, 1958 - POLITICO  Sep 8, 2016 ... Maine's reputation as a bellwether for presidential elections gave rise to the once popular political slogan, As Maine goes, so goes the nation..
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STATE-BY-STATE TALLY SUMS UP A SOLID BUSH VICTORY ...  Nov 9, 1988 ... Here is a state-by-state look at the 1988 presidential election between ... David Durenberger, a Republican, won a third term over state Attorney General Hubert H. Humphrey III, the son of the former vice president. .... In the Senate race, incumbent Democrat Frank Lautenberg defeated Republican Pete...
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Angus King - Wikipedia  Angus Stanley King, Jr. (born March 31, 1944) is an American politician and the junior United ... King won Maine's 2012 Senate election to replace the retiring Republican Olympia ... Angus has been a Democrat his whole life. ... He was also one of only two governors nationwide not affiliated with either of the two major...
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History Is Not On The Democrats' Side In 2016 - The Federalist  Sep 4, 2014 ... No non-incumbent since Ulysses S. Grant in 1868 has lost less than three ... holding the White House to lose seats in Congress in the midterm elections. ... share of the vote won by a presidential candidate, you have two choices. .... This is all well and good, you may say, but the national popular vote isn't...
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United States presidential election, 1936 - Wikipedia  The United States presidential election of 1936 was the 38th quadrennial presidential election, ... Incumbent President and Democratic candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt was ... Roosevelt's Republican opponent was Governor Alf Landon of Kansas, ... Overall, Roosevelt received 93% of the primary vote, compared to 2% for...
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Women's Representation in Maine - Representation 2020  Center for American Women and Politics, Rutgers University. Parity Ranking: ... Olympia Snowe and 5.5 points ... to the governorship, Maine is the only state to ... In its history, Maine has elected four women to. Congress ... senators were Republican women: Susan Collins, ... Maine being represented by two women in the.
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Progressive Party (United States, 1912) - Wikipedia  The Progressive Party of 1912 was an American third party. It was formed by former President ... It carried only eight states, enabling Democrat Woodrow Wilson to score a ... Beset by factionalism and failure to win many offices, the party went into .... Roosevelt was the only third-party candidate to outpoll a candidate of an...
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Louisiana Governors 1877-Present - Louisiana Secretary of State  His first administration battled three corrupt men with great power: state .... While governor, he moved control of the prison system from independent ... through alliances at various times with machine-politicians Martin Behrman, ... defeating John Parker in the closest race in any election between 1896 and .... 1939-1940