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Maine

One in five people in Maine who took the quiz scored libertarian, about the same as the country. One in 58 voted that way. Here is what the count says about Maine, what the state has changed, and who is doing the work.

18.7%

of quiz takers hold libertarian positions566 people with a Maine ZIP, January to October 2024, margin ±3.2 points

1.7%

voted Libertarian2020 presidential, 14,152 of 0.8 million votes

12of 50

on the state score60.8 of 100 from five published parts

How Maine scores

60.8 of 100, rank 12 of 50. Five parts, each turned into a 0 to 100 mark and weighted as shown. The method page has the formulas.

Personal freedom Cato rank 3 of 50, 202396weight 25

Economic freedom Cato rank 45 of 50, 202310weight 25

Civil forfeiture law Institute for Justice grade A, 2025100weight 10

Quiz takers who hold libertarian positions 18.7% of 566, pulled toward the national 18.9% for sample size, then ranked against the other states52weight 25

Voted Libertarian for president 1.73% in 2020, ranked against the other states75weight 15

Wins on the ledger, 0 for Maine, are listed below and left out of the score, because the ledger records what we have checked, not everything that happened.

Where Maine lands

Quiz takers in the state against quiz takers everywhere, by type. The bar is the state; the line is the country.

Libertarian18.7%

Moderate44.4%

Progressive25.4%

Conservative5.8%

Authoritarian5.7%

United States, same window. These are quiz takers, not a sample of residents. The current quiz version cannot be shown by state until ZIP capture, which stopped in January 2026, is restored.

How free is Maine

Eight measures, each from its publisher, each with the year it was measured.

Overall freedom rank43 of 50Cato, 2023

Economic freedom rank45Cato, 2023

Personal freedom rank3Cato, 2023

Education freedom rank50Heritage, 2025

Civil forfeiture gradeAInstitute for Justice, 2025

Right to workNoNRTW, 2024

Concealed carryConstitutionalUSCCA, 2025

CannabisRecreationalNCSL, 2025

What Maine changed

Every entry is a real change in what the government forbids or requires, one an ordinary person could feel the next day, with sources. Partial wins say so.

Nothing on the ledger for Maine yet. That is a gap in monitoring as much as in outcomes. Report a win.

Who is doing the work in Maine

Advocates for Self-Government, which publishes this site, works in every state. 1 group is based in Maine, and other national groups take cases and run programs everywhere. Say who you are and what you care about to sort the whole directory.

Advocates for Self-GovernmentPublishes the World's Smallest Political Quiz, teaches libertarians to persuade, and runs this site. Founded 1985, based in Sacramento. Take the quiz, run it for a room, a booth or your own site, and the Operation Politically Homeless booth program.Sacramento, CA, publishes this site

Maine Policy InstituteFree market policy research and advocacy at the state capitol.Portland, ME

Cato InstitutePublic policy research across every issue on this site, with a sponsors program and internships.National

Reason FoundationPolicy research on transportation, pensions, drug policy, criminal justice and education, and publisher of Reason magazine.National

Institute for JusticePublic-interest law firm that litigates occupational licensing, civil forfeiture, eminent domain, school choice and free speech cases at no cost to the client.National

Who are you, and what do you care about?Find your people in Maine

Count Maine

The state's count grows one booth and one classroom at a time. Three ways to add to it.

Be countedTake the quiz. Your result joins the Maine count the same day, with nothing attached but two scores and a ZIP. Count a roomRun a live session with a join code at a dinner, a meeting, a club or a class, and watch the chart fill in. Count a crowdSet up a booth with the QR poster and talk, or drop the quiz into your own site and keep the leads.