Original sentence: Maine once again voted Democrat as it saw John Kerry win the popular vote with 53.57% over George W
Edited sentence: , it has lead analysts to portray Maine as a blue state in future elections.A rough total estimate of $400,000 was spent on advertising each week, excluding the last week.Also, the final three polls averaged to Kerry with 51% to Bush at 45%.Bush raised $362,522.By the end of October, all polls showed Kerry over 50%.However, polls were consistently won by Kerry and neither campaign took the state too seriously.In three Survey USA polls taken in October, Kerry's numbers increased each time from 49% to 51% to 52%.Kerry raised $1,057,209.Maine was considered by some as a swing state, because of how polls were very close.On election day, the Democrat, John Kerry won the popular vote with 53.57% over George W.Out of 15 pre-election polls, Kerry won thirteen out of them.Since March 3rd, 2004 Kerry didn't visit the state once, as Bush visited the state 5 times.The combination of the above information and the fact that Maine is in the very liberal New England region of the U.The final Real Clear Politics average showed Kerry leading 51% to 41.5% with a margin of 9.5%.The following have no relevence to how the electors of the state vote