Posted on 09/16/2020 12:38:47 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) face rising odds in their high-profile re-election bids, according to a Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday.
Why it matters: Many thought Graham's Senate race was a long shot for Democrats, and the moderate Collins has served as a pivotal Republican swing vote on a number of key issues during the Trump presidency.
Collins, who has criticized Trump at times but voted to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and to acquit the president in his impeachment trial, is down 54%-42% to her Democratic challenger Sara Gideon, Maine's House Speaker.
Graham is tied 48%-48% with Jaime Harrison, his Democratic challenger and the first African-American chairman of South Carolina's Democratic party. Meanwhile: Democrat Amy McGrath, who has raised massive amounts of cash in her high-profile Kentucky Senate race, is down 53%-41% to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, according to the Quinnipiac poll.
What they're saying: "Senate control hangs in the balance as the GOP confronts a likely nail biter in South Carolina and a possible knockout in Maine, offset by a presumably solid lead in Kentucky," Quinnipiac analyst Tim Malloy said in a press release.
Methodology: 1,164 likely voters surveyed in Kentucky with a MOE of ±2.9 percentage points. 1,183 likely voters surveyed in Maine with a MOE of ±2.9 percentage points. 969 likely voters surveyed in South Carolina with a MOE of ±3.2 percentage points.
THese dang RINOs better not cause us to lose the Senate!!
The girls are getting slaughtered
They are a joke...always have been.
I've never been polled...and I'm old.
I will end my interest in politics if South Carolina elects a democrat to the Senate. It ain’t happening.
I hate to see GOP candidates go down; but I would never contribute to either of their RINO campaigns.
They’ve been stupid for years by re-electing Collins (a RINO at best) so I would imagine they can be dumber by electing a democrat in this political climate, so I would believe it.
It is AXIOS though so take that with a grain of salt.
LOL
Maybe this will prod linda into actually doing it’s job before the election. That’s the only time linda is conservative, right before a election.
Just spent a week in Maine, enthusiasm for Gideon is through the roof, she’s running a “Collins lives in Washington, I live here” campaign, Collins has been in a long time.
HORRIBLE thought... we need them even IF they are RINOS for now. Let’s keep the Senate for now and work on it later..
Yep—Quinnipiac —really—LOL
I’ll put my chip down: You’re right
Collins should just stop thinking like a girl and look at the big picture.
Maybe we just need a new Republican candidate.
It’s Quinnipiac and I’d have to see confirmation before I believe any of this.
The Demorats are running ads in Maine almost continously on you tube.
So they're preaching to their millennial base. Most people aren't hanging around you tube.
More than minimally worrisome.
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