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sunonmars

(8,656 posts)
Mon Jul 6, 2020, 08:25 AM Jul 2020

Susan Collins in real trouble in New Maine Poll 47/43, Biden up 53/42




Crossover support is Gone, finished , Kapput!

Our new Maine poll has troubling results for Susan Collins. She has a 36/55 approval rating and trails Sara Gideon 47-43:

Collins' long held crossover support is just gone after voting against impeachment. Last spring she had a 32% approval rating with Clinton voters. Now it's 8/87.

By doing impeachment, Speaker Pelosi may have handed Democrats the Senate next year:

Mainers are pro choice by a 59/33 spread. Brett Kavanaugh's abortion vote last week after Collins voted for him and promised that he would leave it alone probably isn't helping her either:

Maine was one of the closest states in the country in 2016, with Hillary Clinton winning it by just 3 points. Now Donald Trump has a 41/55 approval rating and trails Joe Biden by double digits at 53-42:
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Susan Collins in real trouble in New Maine Poll 47/43, Biden up 53/42 (Original Post) sunonmars Jul 2020 OP
Bye Sue! jpak Jul 2020 #1
This North Shore Chicago Jul 2020 #2
Maine voters want her out jpak Jul 2020 #3
Excuse me? North Shore Chicago Jul 2020 #5
There is a sarcasm thingy that you can use jpak Jul 2020 #8
I got your sarcasm Bradshaw3 Jul 2020 #11
I dislike the sarcasm icon too. StevieM Jul 2020 #20
Fuck that jpak Jul 2020 #35
+1 North Shore Chicago Jul 2020 #30
Welcome to DU, North Shore Chicago!!! secondwind Jul 2020 #12
Thank you! North Shore Chicago Jul 2020 #31
heh, I got it nilram Jul 2020 #18
Yay! North Shore Chicago Jul 2020 #32
Welcome to DU!! (eom) StevieM Jul 2020 #22
Thank you! North Shore Chicago Jul 2020 #33
We knew the Senate would never convict... Takket Jul 2020 #4
With only a 36% approval rating ....she's done, no way she wins with that. sunonmars Jul 2020 #7
Remember Collins agingdem Jul 2020 #13
She did the math and is playing the odds Cosmocat Jul 2020 #14
That would be a very sweet win. tman Jul 2020 #6
Sen. Collins' office released a statement PJMcK Jul 2020 #9
you're good but allow me to expand... agingdem Jul 2020 #15
Ha Ha Ha Faux pas Jul 2020 #10
A symphony bucolic_frolic Jul 2020 #16
I want to see her voted out bdamomma Jul 2020 #17
Go to this site: lastlib Jul 2020 #27
thanks bdamomma Jul 2020 #28
. lastlib Jul 2020 #29
I think she voted against her conscience. She was offered unlimited money for her Stuart G Jul 2020 #19
What will Susie has-been do in her retirement? lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #21
..Susie will be on Fox news. As a has been, her tell all book will NOT SELL. Stuart G Jul 2020 #24
She sold her soul to the devil Mr. Ected Jul 2020 #23
And she sold it cheap..for one vote...Not the brightest bulb..a 3 watt bulb. Stuart G Jul 2020 #25
47% - 43%, seriously? ... aggiesal Jul 2020 #26
I agree. Shocking how it's only a 4 point lead. OnDoutside Jul 2020 #37
Personally ... I can't wait to see her GONE! FakeNoose Jul 2020 #34
Two Words: Brett Kavanaugh denem Jul 2020 #36

Bradshaw3

(7,554 posts)
11. I got your sarcasm
Mon Jul 6, 2020, 09:10 AM
Jul 2020

I always thought it was funny that we are expected to use a sarcasm emoji, which kind of takes the air out of it. Some don't get it so there is the sarcasm thingy; maybe highlighting "concern" would have helped some get it cuz that's what we make fun of her for. It's just one of those quirks on DU. Welcome!

Takket

(21,721 posts)
4. We knew the Senate would never convict...
Mon Jul 6, 2020, 08:32 AM
Jul 2020

But I remember the point being made here that we had to impeach to, if nothing else, make the Rethugs go on record as accepting drumpf over justice, so we could win the Senate on those grounds.

This poll seems to indicate that Pelosi is getting exactly what she wanted. She is the master!

agingdem

(7,876 posts)
13. Remember Collins
Mon Jul 6, 2020, 09:11 AM
Jul 2020

was considered something of a hero when she "saved" Obamacare...she even received a round of applause from her constituents when she walked thru the airport in her home state...she followed that up with a yes vote for Beer Brett and a no vote for impeachment..and Collins went from everyone's "It Girl" to a hate-her-guts nosedive in the polls...obviously she never got the the "how not to commit political suicide" memo

Cosmocat

(14,595 posts)
14. She did the math and is playing the odds
Mon Jul 6, 2020, 09:15 AM
Jul 2020

fact is she probably would have been in worse shape for a lunatic right winger to primary and beat her already if she broke ranks no either Kavanaugh or impeachment.

HOPEFULLY this holds up and she is gone, but she gave herself a fighting chance.

PJMcK

(22,075 posts)
9. Sen. Collins' office released a statement
Mon Jul 6, 2020, 08:53 AM
Jul 2020

"The Senator is deeply concerned by the recent poll results and plans to do some deep soul-searching about the future. Please give her your thoughts and prayers."

(Need I mention that only I wrote this?)

agingdem

(7,876 posts)
15. you're good but allow me to expand...
Mon Jul 6, 2020, 10:11 AM
Jul 2020

"...deeply concerned dismayed saddened troubled anguished worried and uncertain.."

If Roget was still alive he and Susan Collins would be pals...

lastlib

(23,389 posts)
27. Go to this site:
Mon Jul 6, 2020, 11:10 AM
Jul 2020
The Payback Project to help make your wish come true!

You could be helping to take out some other nasties--Ernst, Cornyn, Tillis, Loeffler, Gardner, Pedue, McSilly among them.

Stuart G

(38,458 posts)
19. I think she voted against her conscience. She was offered unlimited money for her
Mon Jul 6, 2020, 10:23 AM
Jul 2020

vote against impeachment by McConnell, and she has that.
..It won't matter. Nothing Collins can say or do will take back that vote against impeachment. I wonder what Collins will do as..."A has been"....And Collins will lose by a whole lot, and not a little.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
21. What will Susie has-been do in her retirement?
Mon Jul 6, 2020, 10:28 AM
Jul 2020

Write a tell-all about all the times she was concerned, all the secrets she learned, and all the values she spurned.

Stuart G

(38,458 posts)
24. ..Susie will be on Fox news. As a has been, her tell all book will NOT SELL.
Mon Jul 6, 2020, 10:33 AM
Jul 2020

..I am not sure she will get many speaking engagements because of that vote. But?????

"Who knows what evil lurks within the hearts of men, the shadow knows.".

aggiesal

(8,963 posts)
26. 47% - 43%, seriously? ...
Mon Jul 6, 2020, 11:07 AM
Jul 2020

This is too close, almost within the margin of error to be a tie.
So close, that it can be stolen quite easily.

I would think this race would have been more like the Biden numbers.

I wouldn't call this "Real Trouble" with 4 months left to campaign.

We really need to work hard to push Sara over the top.

FakeNoose

(32,917 posts)
34. Personally ... I can't wait to see her GONE!
Mon Jul 6, 2020, 01:20 PM
Jul 2020

I don't live in Maine and I have no say over whom should represent them. BUT we've spent way too much time worrying about this lightweight gloryhound.

Bye Susan! Don't let the door hit your butt on the way out!



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