The American Vote
Progressive EraME · 6 EV

1904

Maine: Roosevelt carries 6 EV.
Maine cast its 6 electoral votes for Roosevelt (Republican). National winner: Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) — Maine voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1904 result in Maine

Maine backed Roosevelt (Republican) in the 1904 presidential election, casting 6 electoral votes for the ticket. Maine ended up on the winning side — Theodore Roosevelt captured the White House that year.

It marked the 13th consecutive election in which Maine backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1856. Maine did not move alone — neighboring New Hampshire broke the same way in 1904. Across the 52 presidential elections Maine has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (29 times). The vote fell within the Progressive Era — Trust-busting, suffrage, and World War I.

In the national count, Theodore Roosevelt took 336 of the 476 electoral votes, against Alton B. Parker's 140. Theodore Roosevelt led the national popular vote with 56.42% of the ballots cast.

The 1904 national map
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