Posted on 10/06/2020 8:51:49 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
A poll released Tuesday found Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Democrat challenger Sara Gideon within one point of each other in the race for U.S. Senate in Maine.
The poll, conducted by Bangor Daily News and Digital Research Insights from September 25 through October 4, showed Gideon with 44 percent support and Collins with 43 percent support, well within the poll’s 4.4 percent margin of error.
The latest results point to a potential rebound for Collins, who is seeking her fifth term in the Senate but had been, up until now, trailing Gideon in recent public polls by four to five points.
As Bangor Daily News reported, this same poll had Gideon, who has been Maine’s house speaker since 2016, leading by five points in August with more undecided voters at the time — 14 percent undecided then and eight percent undecided now.
RealClearPolitics’ polling average currently ranks the race a “toss up.”
The poll is the first to be conducted fully after the death of liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Collins’ subsequent announcement that she would not vote on a nominee to replace Ginsburg before the November 3 election. Collins was just one of two Republican senators to break with the party in rejecting the move to vote on a nominee.
The poll asked, “How does this impact your likelihood to vote for her?” Despite Collins being an outlier on the matter, a majority, or 52 percent, said it had no impact, while 15 percent said they were “much less likely to vote for her” and 11 percent said they were “much more likely to vote for her.”
In addition to the gap closing between Collins and Gideon, the poll also bodes well for another Republican incumbent, President Donald Trump
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All the Senate races are tightening . Duh....
Who on Gods green earth would vote for Democrats?
As bad as she is, if the Dems win the Senate and keep the House they will impeach Trump and this time they will remove him from office so Mainers, hold your nose and do what must be done.
It makes me want to vomit to support Collins, but I have to remember that she’s just a placeholder.
There are a record number of demon possessed individuals in society today, that’s who.
Collins is what she is, but she is light years better than a raving, moonbat communist.
A supermajority of the Senate must vote to remove, not a simple majority, and that’s highly unlikely to happen.
All polls are lies.
Go out and vote for T and bring your friends with you.
She will gladly ride President Trump’s coat tails.
And many of us will hunt them down and it won’t end well.
Do you have any idea how many senate votes it takes to impeach a president. Didn’t think so. You can look it up. Chicken Little.
You can’t say it isn’t tempting, RINO’s like Collins have been a thorn in the side of every republican president since she was elected.
Even if they take the Senate they will not have 67 votes to remove.
Exactly, it would be great to lose her, but still maintain 50 or 51 seats.
it take 2/3 of the Senate to remove, not a simple majority, and that’s not going to happen.
Thanks for the correction. Still, we need R control of the Senate to prevent stuff that’s nearly as bad. Hope some patriot in Maine is gearing up for next time, she’ll be 73 and maybe ready to retire.
Well Maine is what it is and Collins is about the best you’ll get out of there until another steps up...and most likely simailiar to Collins unless the population moves further right..
the RINO collins is clearly riding trump’s strong support in rural maine
If Dems can’t take out Collins out after spending years literally countless millions targeting her, the very idea they will take the White House or the Senate is comical.
She’s voted for about 98% of Trump’s judges, and supported Trump on many very tight votes. If a Democrat could hold a candle to that these days, I’d support that person. But no, there is literally NO DEMOCRAT TODAY that will support the judges of Trump or any other Republican, in ANY tight vote.
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