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Washington

I RECENTLY visited the north-eastern- most state of Maine, known for its breathtaking natural scenery, like the granite and spruce islands of the Acadia National Park.

But with its small population of 1.8 million residents, 90 per cent of whom are white (you don't meet many African Americans and Hispanics here), Maine has been assigned three electoral votes in presidential elections since 1964. So it isn't a state that pollsters have visited to gauge the national electoral trends during this year's race to the White House.