On the Maine 2014 Election: Part 2, Class Consciousness

My decision not to write a post about the Maine gubernatorial election was based on an impressionistic error, albeit one that I shared with most of the chattering classes in the state. While I expected that the bear hunting referendum would drive turnout among people more likely to vote for LePage, I thought that Eliot Cutler's semi-withdrawal and Angus King's 11th-hour endorsement of Michaud would result in enough Cutler voters switching to Michaud for him to eke out a victory.

Unsurprisingly...