Brewer speaks with Maine Public about Trump’s interactions with lobster industry
Mark Brewer, a professor of political science at the University of Maine, spoke with Maine Public for a news story titled “‘That Sealed the Deal’ — Trump Hopes Attention Paid to Lobster Industry Will Win An Electoral Vote.” Brewer says the president’s actions involving the lobster industry might not only affect how lobstermen vote in the next general election, but could also affect voting across Maine’s 2nd Congressional District. “I think it also sends a message to the larger 2nd District as a whole. I mean the 2nd Congressional District in Maine is heavily reliant on extraction of natural resources. It doesn’t take a very big stretch of the imagination to imagine a logger saying, ‘You know, Trump is having some affinity for the lobstermen — he’s good for lobstermen, he’s good for me, too,’” he said. The Bangor Daily News shared the Maine Public story.