The electorate sends mixed messages

The electorate sends mixed messages
The electorate sends mixed messages

OGUNQUIT, Maine – As Maine goes, so goes the nation? Maybe. But maybe not. That phrase, from the faded past, once was a sturdy political guideline. For decades, beginning when it joined the Union as part of the 1820 Missouri Compromise, Maine’s state and congressional elections – befitting a place where the rays from the sun hit its shores before landing farther inland – occurred earlier than thos…