Comment on Maine voters appear poised to render historic Electoral College vote split in 2016 election

For the first time in Maine history, voters are poised to split the state’s four Electoral College votes between the top two candidates running for the White House. Republican Donald Trump has a commanding 15-point lead in the state’s northern and more rural 2nd District, while his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton has an even bigger 21-point lead in the state’s more urban and southern 1st District, according to a new Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram poll. Clinton leads Trump statewide by four points, with 40 percent of those surveyed saying they will vote for her while 36 percent said they favor Trump.