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Elections Division
Department of the Secretary of State
101 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333-0101
Yankee Day Presidential Primary, March 5, 1996
Statewide Totals
Total votes cast: 94,307
Republican Primary Statewide Results Candidate Votes won % of vote Lamar Alexander 4,450 6.6% Patrick J. Buchanan 16,478 24.5% Bob Dole 31,147 46.3% Steve Forbes 9,991 14.9% Phil Gramm 163 0.2% Alan Keyes 1,229 1.8% Richard G. Lugar 1,934 2.9% Morry Taylor 147 0.2% Uncommitted 1,741 2.6% ----------------------------------------------------------------- Total 67,280 100% Democratic Primary Statewide Results Candidate Votes won % of vote Bill Clinton 23,879 88.4% Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. 715 2.6% Uncommitted 2,433 9% ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 27,027 100%More Yankee Day Facts and Figures
Primary election attracted nearly 5 times the voters as caucus-only system.
Percentage of enrolled Republicans voting: 25%
Percentage of enrolled Democrats voting: 9%
Combined percentage of enrolled Democrats and Republicans voting: 16%
Percentage of estimated voting age population that voted: 10%
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