Maine governor says 47 percent of state’s residents choose not to work

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31. they didn't.

Or at least the majority didn't. Unfortunately it was a 5 person race.

With 94% of precincts reporting on the day after the election, the Bangor Daily News declared LePage the winner, carrying 38.1% of the votes.[21] Cutler was in second place with 36.7% of the votes (fewer than 7,500 votes behind LePage), while Mitchell was a distant third with 19%. Moody and Scott had 5% and 1%, respectively. He is the first popularly elected Franco-American governor of Maine and the first Republican since John R. McKernan, Jr.'s re-election in 1990. In his victory speech, LePage promised he would shrink government, lower taxes, decrease business regulation, and put "Maine people ahead of politics." [4]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_LePage#2010_Maine_Gubernatorial_Campaign