Voting in Durham

Do you want to ban the construction of high-impact electric transmission lines in the Upper Kennebec Region and to require the Legislature to approve all other such projects anywhere in Maine, both retroactively to 2020, and to require the Legislature, retroactively to 2014, to approve by a two-thirds vote such projects using public land?

Durham voted yes

66.0%

Maine voted yes

59.2%

Yes / No

1,061 / 547

Skipped it

0.2%

Durham minus Maine

+6.8 pts

Do you favor a $100,000,000 bond issue to build or improve roads, bridges, railroads, airports, transit facilities and ports and make other transportation investments, to be used to leverage an estimated $253,000,000 in federal and other funds?

Durham voted yes

62.4%

Maine voted yes

72.0%

Yes / No

1,000 / 602

Skipped it

0.6%

Durham minus Maine

-9.6 pts

Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to declare that all individuals have a natural, inherent and unalienable right to grow, raise, harvest, produce and consume the food of their own choosing for their own nourishment, sustenance, bodily health and well-being?

Durham voted yes

59.4%

Maine voted yes

60.8%

Yes / No

950 / 649

Skipped it

0.8%

Durham minus Maine

-1.4 pts

Do you want to reject the new law that removes religious and philosophical exemptions to requiring immunization against certain communicable diseases for students to attend schools and colleges and for employees of nursery schools and health care facilities?

Durham voted yes

29.2%

Maine voted yes

27.2%

Yes / No

420 / 1,016

Skipped it

0.3%

Durham minus Maine

+2.0 pts

Do you want to create the Universal Home Care Program to provide home-based assistance to people with disabilities and senior citizens, regardless of income, funded by a new 3.8% tax on individuals and families with Maine wage and adjusted gross income above the amount subject to Social Security taxes, which is $128,400 in 2018?

Durham voted yes

27.5%

Maine voted yes

37.1%

Yes / No

617 / 1,624

Skipped it

0.8%

Durham minus Maine

-9.6 pts

Do you favor a $30,000,000 bond issue to improve water quality, support the planning and construction of wastewater treatment facilities and assist homeowners whose homes are served by substandard or malfunctioning wastewater treatment systems?

Durham voted yes

41.5%

Maine voted yes

54.6%

Yes / No

930 / 1,311

Skipped it

0.8%

Durham minus Maine

-13.1 pts

Do you favor a $106,000,000 bond issue, including $101,000,000 for construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation of highways and bridges and for facilities and equipment related to ports, piers, harbors, marine transportation, freight and passenger railroads, aviation, transit and bicycle and pedestrian trails, to be used to match an estimated $137,000,000 in federal and other funds, and $5,000,000 for the upgrade of municipal culverts at stream crossings?

Durham voted yes

58.8%

Maine voted yes

67.7%

Yes / No

1,318 / 924

Skipped it

0.8%

Durham minus Maine

-8.9 pts

Do you favor a $49,000,000 bond issue to be matched by at least $49,000,000 in private and public funds to modernize and improve the facilities and infrastructure of Maine's public universities in order to expand workforce development capacity and to attract and retain students to strengthen Maine's economy and future workforce?

Durham voted yes

43.9%

Maine voted yes

54.2%

Yes / No

982 / 1,254

Skipped it

1.0%

Durham minus Maine

-10.3 pts

Do you favor a $15,000,000 bond issue to improve educational programs by upgrading facilities at all 7 of Maine's community colleges in order to provide Maine people with access to high-skill, low-cost technical and career education?

Durham voted yes

53.8%

Maine voted yes

64.9%

Yes / No

1,204 / 1,035

Skipped it

0.9%

Durham minus Maine

-11.1 pts

Do you want to reject the parts of a new law that would delay the use of ranked-choice voting in the election of candidates for any state or federal office until 2022, and then retain the method only if the constitution is amended by December 1, 2021, to allow ranked-choice voting for candidates in state elections?

Durham voted yes

50.6%

Maine voted yes

53.9%

Yes / No

473 / 462

Skipped it

0.4%

Durham minus Maine

-3.3 pts

Do you want to allow the possession and use of marijuana under state law by persons who are at least 21 years of age, and allow the cultivation, manufacture, distribution, testing, and sale of marijuana and marijuana products subject to state regulation, taxation and local ordinance?

Durham voted yes

51.5%

Maine voted yes

50.3%

Yes / No

1,338 / 1,260

Skipped it

0.5%

Durham minus Maine

+1.2 pts

Do you want to add a 3% tax on individual Maine taxable income above $200,000 to create a state fund that would provide direct support for student learning in kindergarten through 12th grade public education?

Durham voted yes

43.9%

Maine voted yes

50.6%

Yes / No

1,137 / 1,452

Skipped it

0.8%

Durham minus Maine

-6.7 pts

Do you want to require background checks prior to the sale or transfer of firearms between individuals not licensed as firearms dealers, with failure to do so punishable by law, and with some exceptions for family members, hunting, self-defense, lawful competitions, and shooting range activity?

Durham voted yes

36.6%

Maine voted yes

48.2%

Yes / No

949 / 1,646

Skipped it

0.6%

Durham minus Maine

-11.6 pts

Do you want to raise the minimum hourly wage of $7.50 to $9 in 2017, with annual $1 increases up to $12 in 2020, and annual cost-of-living increases thereafter; and do you want to raise the direct wage for service workers who receive tips from half the minimum wage to $5 in 2017, with annual $1 increases until it reaches the adjusted minimum wage?

Durham voted yes

47.4%

Maine voted yes

55.5%

Yes / No

1,229 / 1,363

Skipped it

0.7%

Durham minus Maine

-8.1 pts

Do you want to allow voters to rank their choices of candidates in elections for U.S. Senate, Congress, Governor, State Senate, and State Representative, and to have ballots counted at the state level in multiple rounds in which last-place candidates are eliminated until a candidate wins by majority?

Durham voted yes

46.7%

Maine voted yes

52.1%

Yes / No

1,194 / 1,364

Skipped it

2.0%

Durham minus Maine

-5.4 pts

Do you favor a $100,000,000 bond issue for construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation of highways and bridges and for facilities, equipment and property acquisition related to ports, harbors, marine transportation, freight and passenger railroads, aviation, transit and bicycle and pedestrian trails, to be used to match an estimated $137,000,000 in federal and other funds?

Durham voted yes

50.7%

Maine voted yes

61.2%

Yes / No

1,301 / 1,264

Skipped it

1.8%

Durham minus Maine

-10.5 pts

Do you want to change Maine law to allow publicly financed state candidates to qualify for additional funds under certain limits and rules in the Maine Clean Election Act, to improve the disclosure of who pays for political ads, and to increase penalties for violations of campaign finance law?

Durham voted yes

44.5%

Maine voted yes

55.0%

Yes / No

253 / 315

Skipped it

0.4%

Durham minus Maine

-10.5 pts

A county question; its wording is not in the state's Citizen's Guide.

Durham voted yes

72.9%

Yes / No

404 / 150

Skipped it

2.8%

Do you favor a $15,000,000 bond issue for the construction of new energy-efficient affordable homes for low-income seniors, the adaptive reuse of structures for homes for low-income seniors and the repair and weatherization of existing homes for low-income seniors, which will create jobs and will be matched by an estimated $22,600,000 in private and other funds?

Durham voted yes

56.5%

Maine voted yes

69.3%

Yes / No

322 / 248

Skipped it

0.0%

Durham minus Maine

-12.8 pts

Do you favor an $85,000,000 bond issue for construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation of highways and bridges and for facilities and equipment related to ports, harbors, marine transportation, freight and passenger railroads, aviation, transit and bicycle and pedestrian trails, to be used to match an estimated $121,500,000 in federal and other funds?

Durham voted yes

59.1%

Maine voted yes

72.7%

Yes / No

337 / 233

Skipped it

0.0%

Durham minus Maine

-13.6 pts

Do you want to ban the use of bait, dogs or traps in bear hunting except to protect property, public safety, or for research?

Durham voted yes

38.2%

Maine voted yes

46.6%

Yes / No

810 / 1,308

Skipped it

0.9%

Durham minus Maine

-8.4 pts

Do you favor an $8,000,000 bond issue to support Maine agriculture, facilitate economic growth in natural resources-based industries and monitor human health threats related to ticks, mosquitoes and bedbugs through the creation of an animal and plant disease and insect control laboratory administered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Service?

Durham voted yes

47.9%

Maine voted yes

60.3%

Yes / No

988 / 1,075

Skipped it

3.5%

Durham minus Maine

-12.4 pts

Do you favor a bond issue to provide $4,000,000 in funds to insure portions of loans to small businesses to spur investment and innovation and to provide $8,000,000 in funds to make flexible loans to small businesses to create jobs, revitalize downtowns and strengthen the rural economy?

Durham voted yes

47.9%

Maine voted yes

61.9%

Yes / No

985 / 1,073

Skipped it

3.7%

Durham minus Maine

-14.0 pts

Do you favor a $10,000,000 bond issue, to be awarded through a competitive process and to be matched by $11,000,000 in private and other funds, to build a research center and to discover genetic solutions for cancer and the diseases of aging, to promote job growth and private sector investment in this State, to attract and retain young professionals and make the State a global leader in genomic medicine?

Durham voted yes

51.0%

Maine voted yes

62.7%

Yes / No

1,046 / 1,005

Skipped it

4.1%

Durham minus Maine

-11.7 pts

Do you favor a $3,000,000 bond issue, to be awarded through a competitive process and to be matched by $5,700,000 in private and public funds, to modernize and expand infrastructure in a biological laboratory specializing in tissue repair and regeneration located in the State in order to increase biotechnology workforce training, retain and recruit to the State multiple biomedical research and development groups and create a drug discovery and development facility that will improve human health and stimulate biotechnology job growth and economic activity?

Durham voted yes

37.9%

Maine voted yes

51.2%

Yes / No

778 / 1,273

Skipped it

4.1%

Durham minus Maine

-13.3 pts

Do you favor a $10,000,000 bond issue to ensure clean water and safe communities across Maine; to protect drinking water sources; to restore wetlands; to create jobs and vital public infrastructure; and to strengthen the State's long-term economic base and competitive advantage?

Durham voted yes

50.1%

Maine voted yes

64.6%

Yes / No

1,034 / 1,031

Skipped it

3.4%

Durham minus Maine

-14.5 pts

Do you favor a $7,000,000 bond issue to facilitate the growth of marine businesses and commercial enterprises that create jobs and improve the sustainability of the State's marine economy and related industries through capital investments, to be matched by at least $7,000,000 in private and other funds?

Durham voted yes

46.3%

Maine voted yes

59.1%

Yes / No

949 / 1,102

Skipped it

4.1%

Durham minus Maine

-12.8 pts

Do you favor a $14,000,000 bond issue to provide funds for the State's share of maintenance, repair, capital improvement, modernization and energy efficiency projects for Maine Army National Guard readiness centers and support facilities and the purchase of land for training and to draw down federal matching funds?

Durham voted yes

40.7%

Maine voted yes

58.4%

Yes / No

524 / 765

Skipped it

0.8%

Durham minus Maine

-17.7 pts

Do you favor a $15,500,000 bond issue to enhance educational and employment opportunities for Maine citizens and students by updating and improving existing laboratory and classroom facilities of the University of Maine System statewide?

Durham voted yes

40.1%

Maine voted yes

61.1%

Yes / No

517 / 773

Skipped it

0.8%

Durham minus Maine

-21.0 pts

Do you favor a $100,000,000 bond issue for reconstruction and rehabilitation of highways and bridges and for facilities or equipment related to ports, harbors, marine transportation, freight and passenger railroads, aviation and transit, to be used to match an estimated $154,000,000 in federal and other funds?

Durham voted yes

58.8%

Maine voted yes

72.4%

Yes / No

757 / 531

Skipped it

0.9%

Durham minus Maine

-13.6 pts

Do you favor a $4,500,000 bond issue to provide funds for a public-private partnership for a building project for a new science facility at the Maine Maritime Academy to be matched by other funds?

Durham voted yes

32.9%

Maine voted yes

52.8%

Yes / No

425 / 866

Skipped it

0.7%

Durham minus Maine

-19.9 pts

Do you favor a $15,500,000 bond issue to upgrade buildings, classrooms and laboratories on the 7 campuses of the Maine Community College System in order to increase capacity to serve more students through expanded programs in health care, precision machining, information technology, criminal justice and other key programs?

Durham voted yes

43.9%

Maine voted yes

65.6%

Yes / No

567 / 725

Skipped it

0.6%

Durham minus Maine

-21.7 pts

Do you want to allow the State of Maine to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples?

Durham voted yes

50.5%

Maine voted yes

52.7%

Yes / No

1,162 / 1,141

Skipped it

5.1%

Durham minus Maine

-2.2 pts

Do you favor an $11,300,000 bond issue to provide funds for capital to build a diagnostic facility for the University of Maine System; for capital improvements and equipment, including machine tool technology, for the Maine Community College System; and for capital improvements and equipment at the Maine Maritime Academy?

Durham voted yes

37.6%

Maine voted yes

48.8%

Yes / No

840 / 1,397

Skipped it

7.9%

Durham minus Maine

-11.2 pts

Do you favor a $5,000,000 bond issue to purchase land and conservation easements statewide from willing sellers for public land and water access, conservation, wildlife or fish habitat and outdoor recreation, including hunting and fishing and deer wintering areas, and to preserve working farmland and working waterfronts to be matched by at least $5,000,000 in private and public contributions?

Durham voted yes

56.5%

Maine voted yes

60.8%

Yes / No

1,272 / 978

Skipped it

7.3%

Durham minus Maine

-4.3 pts

Do you favor a $51,500,000 bond issue for improvements to highways and bridges, local roads, airports and port facilities, as well as for funds for rail access, transit buses and the LifeFlight Foundation, which will make the State eligible for at least $105,600,000 in federal and other matching funds?

Durham voted yes

64.6%

Maine voted yes

72.3%

Yes / No

1,452 / 794

Skipped it

7.5%

Durham minus Maine

-7.7 pts

Do you favor a $7,925,000 bond issue to be expended over 2 years for revolving loan funds for drinking water systems and for wastewater treatment facilities, which will make the State eligible to secure $39,625,000 in federal grants?

Durham voted yes

49.6%

Maine voted yes

63.1%

Yes / No

1,113 / 1,130

Skipped it

7.6%

Durham minus Maine

-13.5 pts

Do you want to reject the section of Chapter 399 of the Public Laws of 2011 that requires new voters to register to vote at least two business days prior to an election?

Durham voted yes

55.3%

Yes / No

701 / 567

Skipped it

1.2%

Do you want to allow a slot machine facility at a harness racing track in Biddeford or another community within 25 miles of Scarborough Downs, subject to local approval, and at a harness racing track in Washington County, with part of the profits from these facilities going to support specific state and local programs?

Durham voted yes

44.9%

Yes / No

569 / 699

Skipped it

1.2%

Do you want to allow a casino with table games and slot machines in Lewiston, with part of the profits going to support specific state and local programs?

Durham voted yes

38.1%

Yes / No

482 / 782

Skipped it

1.5%

Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to change the years of redistricting the Maine Legislature, congressional districts and county commissioner districts after 2013 from 2023 and every 10th year thereafter to 2021 and every 10th year thereafter?

Durham voted yes

50.3%

Yes / No

609 / 602

Skipped it

5.6%