projects.fivethirtyeight.com/… The last couple of days has provided a smorgasbord of state polling, including a number of states that are seldom surveyed. Recent Presidential State Polls State Date Pollster/Rating Biden Trump Trump Margin Trump 2016 AK 7/24 PPP B 44% 50% +6% +15.2% AZ 7/26 Morn. Con. B/C 49% 42%…
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State Poll Summary: Surveys From 19 States, Biden Has Georgia on the Mind
projects.fivethirtyeight.com/… The last couple of days has provided a smorgasbord of state polling, including a number of states that are seldom surveyed. Recent Presidential State Polls State Date Pollster/Rating Biden Trump Trump Margin Trump 2016 AK 7/24 PPP B 44% 50% +6% +15.2% AZ 7/26 Morn. Con. B/C 49% 42%…
Cook Report: Democrats Are Favored to Take the US Senate; Florida Changed to “Lean Biden”
cookpolitical.com/… Cook Political Report has changed the ratings on five US Senate races. In their opinion, the odds now favor Democrats making a net gain of five to seven Senate seats, enough to control the upper house. July Ratings Changes: Arizona: Martha McSally (R) — Toss Up → Lean D Iowa: Joni Ernst (R) — Lean R → Toss Up…
Trump “lobsters” Maine, even if it's not affected until 2023
Trump’s going to have to do more than “lobstering” proclamations to save Susan Collins. Actually, Trump’s tariff war with China has damaged the Maine fisheries. x How to lobster pic.twitter.com/PZTlomCi5T— Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) June 9, 2020 x The BDN Editorial BoardJune 8, 2020: “Trump didn’t save Maine’s fishing industryâ€Âhttps://t.co/Nzch8M4FbX https://t.co/AkYih5FHEP — HG Tomato ðŸÂÂ… Wash Your…
Trump in Maine, asks stupid questions about lobsters and calls Governor a “dictator”
Another photo-op and the misuse of an “official” trip as a campaign trip. x powerful image of plunger lady protesting Trump’s speech today in rural Maine pic.twitter.com/YMnwpI2Gu8— Nathan Bernard (@nathanTbernard) June 5, 2020 x “Are they the same lobster, would you say, basically? Would you say they're equivalent as lobster? Is there a difference in…
State Poll Summary: Senate Surveys Sweeten
fivethirtyeight.com This week’s presidential and senate polls continue to show a weakening of Republican strength, with Biden having about a seven or eight point national lead. Website 538’s average of Trump approval polls is minus 11% (53.6% to 42.6%), the worse it has been since December. Last week the same average was 10.1%. The Trump…
Slate's The Surge Highlights These 7 Battleground States That Make Up Joe Biden's Path To Victory
Received this e-mail from Slate Magazine’s The Surge that emphasizes the top seven battleground states that Joe Biden’s campaign should heavily focus on in order to win over 270 electoral votes. Here they are in their order: 1. Florida We’ve grown accustomed to a trend in election night coverage of Florida: The early results look…
All California Voters Will Receive Mail Ballots this Fall
California’s Democratic Governor Gavin Newson is having a ballot mailed to every voter in the state for this fall’s election and strongly urging every voter to vote by mail or adhere to strict new rules for voting in person to preserve public health in the pandemic. http://www.latimes.com/… California currently has a patchwork system for voting…
ME-Sen: EMILY's List Doubles Down To Help Sara Gideon (D) End Susan Collins (R) Career In The Senate
Received this e-mail today from EMILY’s List in support of Sara Gideon’s (D. ME) U.S. Senate campaign: Sara Gideon (D. ME) In 2018, Sen. Susan Collins (ME) voted to confirm anti-choice Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, claiming he'd protect Roe as a precedent. However, Kavanaugh recently made it clear he is very comfortable overturning precedent…
Susan Collins can't understand why some voters have changed their minds about her
Really, Susan Collins? Really? In a story on Susan Collins’ tough reelection campaign, The Los Angeles Times grabbed one of the most obtuse quotes I’ve ever seen from a politician. This is like J.C. Penney wondering why there’s been such a precipitous drop in sales of Cosby sweaters. “Wherever we have been in the state, people…
Sen. King: 5-10 GOP Senators Will Vote to Hear Witnesses
NPR interviewed Sen. Angus King of Maine (independent, caucuses with the Democrats): Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, told NPR's Mary Louise Kelly on Monday that up to 10 Republican senators could vote for witnesses following the Times' report about the Bolton manuscript. “I'm already hearing a number of Republicans who are moving toward voting to at…
US Life Expectancy Has Declined for Three Years
http://www.nytimes.com/… jamanetwork.com/… The New York Times reports that life expectancy, especially for Americans between the ages of 25 to 64, is declining despite the highest per capita spending in the world on health care, according to a study newly published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. According to the new study, the death rate from 2010…
Portland Maine Resident Takes Out Full Page Ad in Portland Press Herald To School Susan Collins.
Portland, Maine resident Erik Mercer ran into his one of his Senators, Susan Collins, at the airport in D.C. and politely inquired if he could ask her a few questions – which she refused to answer forthrightly. Big surprise. It probably would have ended there but as they were boarding their flight, Erik overheard Collins tell another passenger that…
Susan Collins Finally Says Trump's Request to China Was “Completely Inappropriate”
bangordailynews.com/… Republican Senator Susan Collins who is usually finding crimes by Donald Trump to be “troubling” kicked it up half a notch when she said it was “completely inappropriate” for the President to ask China to investigate Joe Biden. The Maine senator was unequivocal in her statements, which came after a firefighters memorial service in…
ME-Sen: Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D. IL) Helps Sara Gideon (D) Get Ready To Defeat Susan Collins (R)
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D. IL) in support of Sara Gideon’s (D. ME) U.S. Senate campaign: Sara Gideon (D. ME) Exciting news: Sara Gideon recently launched her campaign against Susan Collins for U.S. Senate in Maine — and now we know she can win. A new poll shows Susan Collins’…
Senator Approval Poll: McConnell, Collins, Gardner, Tillis Are Unpopular
morningconsult.com/… Three Republican Senators up for reelection in 2020 have negative approvals in their home states. Collins in Maine, Gardner in Colorado, Tillis in North Carolina, and McSally in Arizona will surely be the biggest targets for the Democrats. Eleven Republicans rate at below 46% approval but most are in very Republican states and will…
More Numbers Leak from Embarrassing Trump Internal Poll; Trump Fires Pollsters
http://www.nbcnews.com/… More state numbers have leaked from the Republican internal poll that showed Donald Trump losing in nearly all swing states, several by very large margins. The Poll was taken March 13-28 and was so upsetting to Trump that he ordered aides to lie about it. http://www.msn.com/…. Just two days before the president is set to…
Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage spent $22,000 of taxpayer money at Trump's hotel
To be fair, Paul LePage is the racist cretin who said this … “These are guys with the name D-Money, Smoothie, Shifty. These types of guys, they come from Connecticut and New York, they come up here, they sell their heroin, they go back home. Incidentally, half the time they impregnate a young white girl…
So What Do the Voters in Maine and West Virginia Think?
I don’t live in either Maine or West Virginia. I got married and vacationed in Maine once, and I have been through West Virginia multiple times. But despite all the opinions and diaries I have read about Collins and Manchin on Daily Kos, what do the people in Maine and West Virginia think about their…
If elected, Doug Jones *could* be the 51st vote against GOP tax scam
This is a major development on Capitol Hill, to put it mildly: Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says she may change her vote on the GOP tax overhaul if her amendments are not included in the final measure. She tells (Bangor, Maine-based) WABI-TV she won’t make a final decision until she sees what comes…
