Who won Maine in the 2020 presidential election?

Biden (Democratic) carried Maine in 2020, winning its 3 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Maine have in 2020?

Maine cast 3 electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election.

Did Maine vote for the national winner in 2020?

Yes. Maine backed Joe Biden, who won the presidency that year.

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2020

Maine: Biden carries 3 EV.

Maine cast its 3 electoral votes for Biden (Democratic). National winner: Joe Biden (Democratic) — Maine voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Maine, 2020

In 2020, Maine awarded its 3 electoral votes to Biden of the Democratic party. Maine ended up on the winning side — Joe Biden captured the White House that year.

It marked the 8th consecutive election in which Maine backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1992. Maine did not move alone — neighboring New Hampshire broke the same way in 2020. 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 Modern Polarization — Close elections in a divided country.

In the national count, Joe Biden took 306 of the 538 electoral votes, against Donald Trump's 232. Joe Biden led the national popular vote with 51.31% of the ballots cast.

The 2020 national map

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