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 polls 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 Maines 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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Collins wins this
And she did help with Kavanaugh which was needed.
Without a Senate majority, Trump will not be able to continue reshape the judiciary.
So suck it up and hope Collins wins.
ping
Yes.
Can you imagine a Trump presidency with Schumer in charge of the US Senate?
It doesn't even bear thinking of. What a nightmare that would be.
Well she is the pig we have in the race. It sucks, lipstick, dancing lessons, and a prom dress. Shes still a pig. It is what it is. I hope she wins. Glad I dont live in Maine. Maybe they can find a better person next time. If I lived there Id vote for her for Kavanaugh if nothing else.
I'll never forget that. That speech she gave. She was almost adorable.
Vote for JCB.
Voters will reward your courage.
If Collins, McSally (most vulnerable), Graham and Tillis can pull off wins, we likely keep the Senate. It’s a tough year for us, having to defend 23 seats to the dems 12.
The only really vulnerable Dem is Doug Jones, but he is offset by Rep Cory Gardener who will lose. After that, it’s about how many seats we lose. I can’t believe AZ could vote for a gun grabber like Kelly.
Senator Susan Collins would boost her chances for re-election, if she decided to vote to confirm Amy Barrett to the SCOTUS.
±4.4 percentage points is the margin of error. Who pays for these garbage polls?
IIRC, back in 2016, there was no swing or blue state in which a GOP senator won a smaller % of votes than Trump.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_Senate_elections#Elections_leading_to_the_next_Congress
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election#Results_by_state
I’ll be happy if Collins wins, and Trump rides her coattails to win Maine. Unlikely, but this is a year when all kinds of unlikely things have happened. Would be a nice swing of the pendulum for something good to happen, for a change.
In 2016, Hillary showed a double digit poll advantage in the state around now.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/me/maine_trump_vs_clinton-5896.html
She ended up winning Maine by 3%.
It was actually very good and she at least deserves credit for that better than Murkowski.
[Senator Susan Collins would boost her chances for re-election, if she decided to vote to confirm Amy Barrett to the SCOTUS.]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_Senate_elections#Elections_leading_to_the_next_Congress
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election#Results_by_state
She deserves to be re-elected for her Kavanaugh speech, one of the very best a Senator has ever given.
That's what we've been doing up here for yrs!.....we held our nose for “the mother of Obama Care” Olympia Snowe as well
Snows SC vote will seal her own fate..Shes either with us...or agin us!
“. I cant believe AZ could vote for a gun grabber like Kelly.”
And have TWO Rat senators!!
I know! It seems like yesterday AZ was a deep red state. Who’s next? Really hoping McSally pulls it out.
I get all your points but do expect Collins to pull it out (avoiding a Democrat-run senate) and Trump to win the 2nd congressional district. I don’t like it but she’s got to win.
If she loses, I will look at the bright side—a wobbler will be out.
The fact the a court has virtually strangled every last part of the Maine Democrat’s chances for voter fraud will put Collins over the top. No late ballots - none without witness signature - ID for live voting = Democrat losses.
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