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bucolic_frolic

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6. Dems ditched a candidate with baggage who had turned off some voters

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2026, 12:49 PM

13 hrs ago

A cleaner candidate might fare better, and the party looks competent, able to police its own.

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A poll from Maine since Platner dropped out... [View all] kentuck 13 hrs ago OP

Sounds like she should be concerned. Turbineguy 13 hrs ago #1

Maybe an extra furrow in her brow? erronis 11 hrs ago #16

Why should she be ? She is a multi-millioanaire with multi-millionaire friends. WorseDayEver 10 hrs ago #18

"concerned" is one of her favorite terms... kentuck 10 hrs ago #19

I think it is her only term. 3catwoman3 3 hrs ago #37

I love sarcasm 303squadron 9 hrs ago #27

Something we often forget re senate races Attilatheblond 13 hrs ago #2

True.... when they actually show up to vote. groundloop 7 hrs ago #31

This is my concern. (In a real way, not in a Collins way.) Beartracks 5 hrs ago #33

Well, that is (potentially) some good news! Thanks, kentuck hlthe2b 13 hrs ago #3

How about Stephen King? He's been posting against Trump for years. Ritabert 13 hrs ago #4

He said politics were too scary for him. 😂 okaawhatever 12 hrs ago #10

Too bad. Ritabert 11 hrs ago #12

King is 78 years old pinkstarburst 8 hrs ago #28

I hope Maine can ride that wave to victory! yardwork 13 hrs ago #5

Dems ditched a candidate with baggage who had turned off some voters bucolic_frolic 13 hrs ago #6

though also, "generic" almost always polls better than any individual (n/t) thesquanderer 11 hrs ago #15

In other words Boo1 12 hrs ago #7

No. A Democrat with multiple accusations against him is polling 12 points below Gary 50 11 hrs ago #11

Slander ? Boo1 11 hrs ago #14

Here is your slander Soul_of_Wit 11 hrs ago #17

Really? Boo1 9 hrs ago #23

Was Graham Platner a DSA member or are you just making that up? mr715 10 hrs ago #21

His reddit posts said so Boo1 9 hrs ago #22

I just googled and couldn't find anything mr715 9 hrs ago #25

a distinction that matters greatly ? stopdiggin 5 hrs ago #34

Platner was not a DSA member and the Maine DSA did not explicitly endorse him Celerity 4 hrs ago #35

ICE may have just sealed the deal lame54 12 hrs ago #8

And the Collins camp had spent $$$$ and WEEKS (Months?) of oppo reserach to go against Planter. NCDem47 12 hrs ago #9

Recommend!!!!!!!! sheshe2 11 hrs ago #13

Platner wasn't a great candidate Roxi 10 hrs ago #20

He was a disaster. A train wreck. Collins would have cleaned his clock! QueerDuck 9 hrs ago #24

I read that Jackson regularly outperformed RandySF 9 hrs ago #26

Scoop Jackson was a stellar Democrat, and a leader in the Senate FakeNoose 3 hrs ago #36

Or perhaps this is the explanation: Bluetus 8 hrs ago #29

She's on the Judiciary Committee... appmanga 8 hrs ago #30

Also, any Supreme Court vacancies... mr715 7 hrs ago #32

K&R spanone 3 hrs ago #38

The ICE murder doesn't help her either Cosmocat 3 hrs ago #39

After ICE murders one of Maine's residents, which Collins supports BigmanPigman 2 hrs ago #40