Rural-Urban divide was at work in Maine repeal of gay marriage

College towns were at 63 and 70 % in support of Gay marriage. 

The ONLY  exception to this  rural-urban divide was in the   Catholic neighborhoods of Lewiston and Auburn, where 59 percent and 54 percent of voters, respectively, favored the repeal.

Coastal counties were almost evenly divided. 

The Question One Maine referendum  attracted national attention,  due to  the potential for a first-ever upset by gay marriage supporters.

Defenders of “traditional marriage” maintained their perfect record of 31 wins and zero losses when gay marriage is put to a statewide vote.

On a positive note for advocates of gay marriage:

This was not a landslide for the vote against marriage equality.

Yet the founder of the  National Organization for Marriage, a conservative group that funded much of the Yes on 1 campaign, said Tuesday’s result shows “that even in a New England state, if the voters have a chance to have their say, they’re going to protect and defend the common-sense definition of marriage.” 

Brown also thinks  the outcome in Maine will make lawmakers in New York and New Jersey, where gay-marriage legislation is pending,  stop in stern pause.