Maine poll finds broad support for wage hike
A new poll has found that 75% of 589 surveyed Mainers favor increasing the federal minimum wage, with broad support from Democrat, Republican and independent voters.
The poll, which also found that 60% of respondents strongly favored a minimum wage increase, was conducted by the University of New Hampshire’s Survey Center and commissioned by the Portland Press Herald. It had a 4% margin of error.
While 93% of Democrats surveyed said they favored a minimum wage increase, 70% of independents and 59% of Republicans said they also favored it.
The city of Portland is currently mulling a proposal to raise the minimum wage to $9.50 an hour that could go into effect by 2015.
At the state level, Republican Gov. Paul LePage has previously vetoed a measure to increase the minimum wage, while his gubernatorial opponents have offered support. U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, the Democratic candidate, seeks an increase at the state and federal levels while independent candidate Eliot Cutler only seeks an increase at the federal level.
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