Maine is sometimes shockingly bi-polar when it comes to voting

That is an understatement.

The best way to explain Maine to outsider is this: Congressional District 1 actually evolved past the 1960s, whereas Congressional District 2 is stuck somewhere between the late 1800's and the middle of the 20th century.

You've got a diversified economy in the south, with a voting bloc that is actually willing to invest in things like infrastructure, education and broadband availability. The south is the only area of the state that isn't losing population year after year, and it's frankly the only area of the state with a future since northern maine would rather die than have a national park.

Whereas in the north, you've got a lot of older, less educated people who are insistent that timber is the only economic engine they need despite having lost the majority of their mills. It's so bad that a town is tearing itself apart because you've got a bunch of yokels who think that any social services that don't directly benefit you is socialism

Those in the north resent those in the south to the point of actually floating the idea secession....but considering northern maine would starve without the tax and welfare money that southern maine provides, that doesn't happen.

I think that recreational cannabis has a chance if there is nothing else on the bill to mobilize the rural contingent. After all, it was the upstate crowd who voted against marriage equality, twice, by over 75%. It was the upstate crowd who was so fucking afraid of losing the privilege of engaging in the 'sport' of hunting bears using a trash can full of stale donuts that they gave LePage a second term.