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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsME-SEN: Collins trails Democrat Sara Gideon by 4 in Maine Senate race: poll
Maine state House Speaker Sara Gideon (D) holds a 4-point lead over Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) in the states hotly contested Senate race, according to a new poll.
The survey, conducted by the Democratic-leaning firm Public Policy Polling (PPP), shows Gideon, the current front-runner for the Democratic Senate nomination in Maine, garnering 46 percent of the vote to Collinss 42 percent.
Collins, a 23-year veteran of the Senate, has repeatedly won reelection in the past, largely due to her crossover appeal to both Republicans and Democrats. But she became a top political target for Democrats in 2017 after she voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court in 2017 as he faced allegations of sexual assault.
The latest PPP survey found signs that her crossover appeal in her home state isnt what it once was. Her overall approval rating is underwater, with 36 percent of respondents approving of her job performance and 55 percent disapproving.
Among those voters who cast their ballot for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, only 8 percent said they approve of Collinss job performance, compared to 87 percent who disapproved. Thats a sharp drop from where Collins stood among those voters a little more than a year ago, when 32 percent of Clinton voters approved of the job the senator was doing in office.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/505980-collins-trails-democrat-gideon-by-4-in-maine-senate-race-poll
MagickMuffin
(15,972 posts)That crossover appeal was never really there for them. It has ALL been an illusion!
OrlandoDem2
(2,072 posts)Celerity
(43,641 posts)GOTV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
awesomerwb1
(4,268 posts)"concerned".
However I'm also concerned Gideon is not leading by 10.