| Maine at AllExperts (2025 words) |
 | After the defeat of the French in the 1740s, the territory from the Penobscot River east fell under the nominal authority of the Province of Nova Scotia, and together with present day New Brunswick formed the Nova Scotia county of Sunbury with its court of general sessions at Campobello. |
| Maine has since become a left-leaning swing state, but has voted Democratic in four straight elections, casting its votes for Bill Clinton twice, Al Gore in 2000, and John Kerry (with 53.6% of the vote) in 2004. |
| A citizen of Maine is known as a "Mainer," though the term "Down Easter" may be applied to residents of the norththeast coast of the state. |
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