Another poll shows Gideon leading Collins in potential Senate match-up

[jpak]

https://www.pressherald.com/2020/03/05/another-poll-shows-gideon-leading-collins-in-potential-senate-match-up-2/

AUGUSTA — A new poll shows Democrat Sara Gideon ahead of Republican Sen. Susan Collins by four points in a hypothetical contest this November.

In the survey of 872 Maine voters by Public Policy Polling, Gideon led Collins 47 percent to 43 percent while both Democratic presidential contenders Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden led President Trump by 10 points in respective match-ups against Trump. The polling was conducted by landline phones and text messages from March 2 to 3.

Based in North Carolina, PPP is a left-leaning polling organization that conducts automated as well as online surveys nationwide both for clients and for a general audience. The political news and poll-tracking website fivethirtyeight.com says PPP has an accuracy of 80 percent and gives the firm B grade. The polling arms of Quinnipiac University and Marist College, by comparison, both had slightly higher accuracy rates and respective grades of B+ and A+.

A recent Colby College poll of more than 1,000 likely Maine voters showed Gideon and Collins in a statistical dead-heat, with the would-be Democratic challenger edging Maine’s Republican senator 43 percent to 42 percent with 14 percent undecided.

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[SunSeeker]

1. Excellent!

[Zambero]

2. Collins has had 3+ years to grow a conscience

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After this long, it would be safe to say that it is not forthcoming. Time to show Susie to the door.

[sdfernando]

4. She's had 20+ years to grow that conscience

She was 1st elected in 1997. She has been disturbed and concerned for way too long!

[TruckFump]

3. Is Susan concerned?

Hope so!

[stopdiggin]

5. sheading no tears for Collins

but I always think it's worth noting that she runs in a pack that included some notorious lickspittle like Graham, McConnell, Cruz, Lee, Cotton ...

Collins just represents low hanging fruit .. but it's hard to get really incensed ..