Maine’s not really what I’d call progressive, they’re with New Hampshire as being pretty centrist.
But I think they’ve been written off by the Republican leadership at this point. New England is too close-knit (especially as we see the US becoming more fragmented by the day) and the rest of the New England states lean progressive, so I think the Republicans see it as a losing battle.
Trump was always planning on doing this.
He just wanted to threaten the progressive states first.
Maine’s not really what I’d call progressive, they’re with New Hampshire as being pretty centrist.
But I think they’ve been written off by the Republican leadership at this point. New England is too close-knit (especially as we see the US becoming more fragmented by the day) and the rest of the New England states lean progressive, so I think the Republicans see it as a losing battle.