A new internal poll conducted on behalf of the Pine Tree Results PAC, working to elect Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), found the incumbent tied with Graham Platner after recent polling has shown the Democratic challenger leading.
The poll, first publicly released by Politico, surveyed 800 likely Maine voters from June 1-3, after Platner’s sexting and cheating scandals came to the forefront of public discourse, but before the Thursday release of a New York Times report in which an ex-girlfriend alleged that he physically abused her.
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The poll found Platner and Collins tied at 46 percent support each, with eight percent undecided. The poll is not good news for Platner, who has consistently been ahead of Collins in most other polling.
Voter opinions of Platner appear to be cooling. When the same poll was conducted in January, 35 percent of voters held a favorable view of Platner compared with 29 percent who held unfavorable views and 20 percent who had never heard of him.
The new poll found 40 percent viewed him favorably, 49 percent viewed him unfavorably, and just four percent had never heard of him.
While this is the most positive polling for Collins in months, it is a reduction in her lead found in the January version of the poll, which put her one point ahead of Platner in a 45-44 percent matchup.
The poll was conducted by Tony Fabrizio, David Lee, and Travis Tunis. Fabrizio has long been a Republican strategist and pollster who has previously worked for President Donald Trump’s campaigns.
The poll is a bad sign for Platner, who has already seen a drop-off in polling numbers since his cheating scandal, with his own recent internal polling placing him just four points ahead of Collins, a drop-off from previous polls.
Collins is a lukewarm Conservative at best, but anybody north of Portland should be able to realize that Platner is a loose cannon.
Yup, hold your nose one more time and vote for Collins.
Platner is not a solution to ANYTHING .
Electing HIM will be one of the biggest mistakes the voters of Maine have EVER made .
Stupid is as stupid does.
When Mainers learn that Collins disappointed again by voting with Democrats against the SAVE America act, she will be abandoned.
Democrats in Maine DONT WANT the Save Act !
Where have YOU been ?
Since she voted against safe elections, it would be hilarious if she got cheated out by Plattner.
Rumor has it that there are two women reportedly stating that they were sexually assaulted by Platner.
if this is true, and it comes out, things could get a wee bit interesting…
Corruption , Corruption, Corruption in the end of the line State of Maine!! Now, the whole country is watching thanks to The Maine Wire and others, AND THEY DON’T LIKE WHAT THEY SEE! Somali Mills, Nazi Platner and Blowhard Bellows, what a trio of losers, Along with the Trifecta Maine Legislature that has ruined the state.
November comes , Thank Goodness Exasperated Maine((corrupt ranked choice voting) Voters can still participate ,Even if Bellows tries to negate that as well!
If my wife and I are typical Republicans, these phone polls are all going to tip towards the Leftist democrats. If the poll caller is fortunate, we just hang up on them, although sometimes I suggest, using U S Navy language, where they should go and what they should do when they get their. Republicans, unlike democrats, have jobs and places to take care of. We have no time to spend inflating our sense of self importance by telling poll takers information that they do not need or want.
Has Janet Mills thrown her hat back into the ring yet? I’ll bet her campaign account is BURSTING with money now!
Who are the retards these pollsters are calling???