ME-02: Poliquin in denial

[GoldenMainer]

Maine Democrats have a habit of nominating the blandest most centrist candidates who run lifeless campaigns and then just blame third parties as a cover for why they can't get their crap together.

[RussFeingoldWasRobbed]

Maine Democrats have a habit of nominating the blandest most centrist candidates who run lifeless campaigns and then just blame third parties as a cover for why they can't get their crap together.

[henster]

Maine Democrats have a habit of nominating the blandest most centrist candidates who run lifeless campaigns and then just blame third parties as a cover for why they can't get their crap together.

Yea and they went the other route with Emily Cain who lost twice. A bold progressive is just not going to fly in ME-02.

[IceSpear]

Maine Democrats have a habit of nominating the blandest most centrist candidates who run lifeless campaigns and then just blame third parties as a cover for why they can't get their crap together.

Yea and they went the other route with Emily Cain who lost twice. A bold progressive is just not going to fly in ME-02.

Which is why John McCain won it in a landslide.

[YE]

Since when was Emily Cain a bold progressive?

[Horsemask]

If Lucas St. Clair is the nominee, then the Maine Democratic Party should officially dissolve in the second district. There is absolutely no point to it existing as an organization if it runs such terrible candidates against one of the weakest members of the entire House of Representatives.

And people wonder why I changed to a maroon avi.

In hindsight it’s too bad Michaud ran for Governor

I mean he would’ve won except Cutler.

That’s probably true.

Please stop pushing this false narrative.

[GoldenMainer]

I wouldn't classify Emily Cain as a bold progressive. She was an Ivy League educated bleh Bangor liberal who ran your garden variety standard Democratic campaign. I'm not sure what issues she was very bold on.

Being progressive on certain economic issues is appealing in ME-02- campaign finance, labor/unions, healthcare. You don't want to take hugely liberal stances on guns and immigration though. Golden is playing it well. He's heavily focusing on Citizens United, unions, and Medicare for All and he's steering clear of guns, Colin Kaepernick/national anthem, Black Lives Matter- anything that can be used as red meat for social conservatives.

[MAINEiac4434]

Maine Democrats have a habit of nominating the blandest most centrist candidates who run lifeless campaigns and then just blame third parties as a cover for why they can't get their crap together.

Yea and they went the other route with Emily Cain who lost twice. A bold progressive is just not going to fly in ME-02.

Emily Cain is basically a Hillary Clintonite. She’s not a bold progressive at all.

Troy Dale Jackson is a bold progressive. He’s a logger from Allagash and leads the Democrats in the Senate.

[MAINEiac4434]

Final thoughts on the race:

Golden should win. He deserves it, and he’d be a great candidate.

Whether or not he will win remains to be seen. St. Clair has money and is running “positive” (🤢). Golden has been forced to go negative because of the dark money flowing in for St. Clair. Still, Golden is very lucky to have Labor in his side in this district. It’s lean St. Clair, I think. Interesting to see where the Craig Olson second preferences go, as he’s been running as a bold progressive.

[Politician]

Final thoughts:

Tossup. If I had to guess, St Clair barely wins.

[Maxwell]

lmao imagine thinking Emily Cain was a bold anything

[Horsemask]

Maine Democrats have a habit of nominating the blandest most centrist candidates who run lifeless campaigns and then just blame third parties as a cover for why they can't get their crap together.

Yea and they went the other route with Emily Cain who lost twice. A bold progressive is just not going to fly in ME-02.

Emily Cain is basically a Hillary Clintonite. She’s not a bold progressive at all.

Troy Dale Jackson is a bold progressive. He’s a logger from Allagash and leads the Democrats in the Senate.

Man, I wish Troy Jackson was running...

[MAINEiac4434]

Maine Democrats have a habit of nominating the blandest most centrist candidates who run lifeless campaigns and then just blame third parties as a cover for why they can't get their crap together.

Yea and they went the other route with Emily Cain who lost twice. A bold progressive is just not going to fly in ME-02.

Emily Cain is basically a Hillary Clintonite. She’s not a bold progressive at all.

Troy Dale Jackson is a bold progressive. He’s a logger from Allagash and leads the Democrats in the Senate.

Man, I wish Troy Jackson was running...

[KingSweden]

Maine Democrats have a habit of nominating the blandest most centrist candidates who run lifeless campaigns and then just blame third parties as a cover for why they can't get their crap together.

Yea and they went the other route with Emily Cain who lost twice. A bold progressive is just not going to fly in ME-02.

Emily Cain is basically a Hillary Clintonite. She’s not a bold progressive at all.

Troy Dale Jackson is a bold progressive. He’s a logger from Allagash and leads the Democrats in the Senate.

Man, I wish Troy Jackson was running...

[kph14]

Apparently, it will work like this: on election night the towns will report the first choices the way they always report election results. After that those results will be certified and in about a week all ballots will be brought to Augusta (State Capital) and a final count of the ranked preferences will be done.

[ON Progressive]

Apparently, it will work like this: on election night the towns will report the first choices the way they always report election results. After that those results will be certified and in about a week all ballots will be brought to Augusta (State Capital) and a final count of the ranked preferences will be done.

So we’ll have to wait a week to determine the winner of any election where nobody clears 50% on election night?

[Horsemask]

Apparently, it will work like this: on election night the towns will report the first choices the way they always report election results. After that those results will be certified and in about a week all ballots will be brought to Augusta (State Capital) and a final count of the ranked preferences will be done.

So we’ll have to wait a week to determine the winner of any election where nobody clears 50% on election night?

Yup

[MAINEiac4434]

Apparently, it will work like this: on election night the towns will report the first choices the way they always report election results. After that those results will be certified and in about a week all ballots will be brought to Augusta (State Capital) and a final count of the ranked preferences will be done.

So we’ll have to wait a week to determine the winner of any election where nobody clears 50% on election night?

Yup

So everyone wins tomorrow night!

[Gass3268]

So what's the word in Maine? Is there any specific candidate they think the ranked choice voting will help/hurt?

[henster]

Apparently, it will work like this: on election night the towns will report the first choices the way they always report election results. After that those results will be certified and in about a week all ballots will be brought to Augusta (State Capital) and a final count of the ranked preferences will be done.

So we’ll have to wait a week to determine the winner of any election where nobody clears 50% on election night?

Yea there has to be a better way than this. I hope ME votes down RCV today, just having a simple 50+1% rule and a runoff election is more ideal.

[Sestak]

Apparently, it will work like this: on election night the towns will report the first choices the way they always report election results. After that those results will be certified and in about a week all ballots will be brought to Augusta (State Capital) and a final count of the ranked preferences will be done.

So we’ll have to wait a week to determine the winner of any election where nobody clears 50% on election night?

Yea there has to be a better way than this. I hope ME votes down RCV today, just having a simple 50+1% rule and a runoff election is more ideal.

You're...

kidding, right?

[ON Progressive]

Apparently, it will work like this: on election night the towns will report the first choices the way they always report election results. After that those results will be certified and in about a week all ballots will be brought to Augusta (State Capital) and a final count of the ranked preferences will be done.

So we’ll have to wait a week to determine the winner of any election where nobody clears 50% on election night?

Yea there has to be a better way than this. I hope ME votes down RCV today, just having a simple 50+1% rule and a runoff election is more ideal.

Australia has RCV and it doesn't take this long IIRC, so I think this is just an issue with how ME is choosing to run the election more than anything.

[MAINEiac4434]

Turnout is reportedly light in Lewiston, Jared Golden's hometown.

[Young Conservative]

RCV sucks...runoffs are better.

[Virginiá]

RCV sucks...runoffs are better.

Even when turnout is lower? At least RCV captures a wide swath of people's opinions in the moment, as opposed to a runoff, which is basically a whole new campaign for a smaller audience. It's a waste of time and resources IMO.