World-renown horror author Stephen King whole-heartedly endorses Shenna Bellows

[eric82oslo]

Could this be a game changer? One of the world's most famous authors, perhaps the world's most famous horror author since Agatha Christie, who happens to be from Maine himself, says he's never worked so hard and tirelessly for anyone politically as he's now working to elect Shenna Bellows for the Senate.

See the ad here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/posttv/politics/campaign-2014-shenna-bellows-stephen-king/2014/10/09/958de118-4fbc-11e4-877c-335b53ffe736_video.html

[eric82oslo]

Also Agatha Christie isn't a "horror" author.

Okey, crime/suspense author then.

[eric82oslo]

No.

Stephen King has always been a staunch Democrat that always endorses/fundraises for Dems. Why would it be a game changer this year? Most people don't care about endorsements and even less about endorsements from people they know to be partisan.

Who else did he support?

[eric82oslo]

Could this be a game changer?

I think people actually listen more to Stephen King in Maine than to Susan Collins. Or did I miss something and Susan Collins at some point happened to be a world-renown politician?

[eric82oslo]

Stop trying to make Senator Bellows happen. It's not going to happen.

For Kansas it ain't for sure.
If she finishes strongly this time around, she might run again in a few years.

[eric82oslo]

No.

Stephen King has always been a staunch Democrat that always endorses/fundraises for Dems. Why would it be a game changer this year? Most people don't care about endorsements and even less about endorsements from people they know to be partisan.

Who else did he support?

I actually don't know if you're serious or trolling. But what Democrats he didn't support?

Here's him announcing a fundraiser for Susan Collins' last opponent in his own website: http://stephenking.com/newsletter/display.php?List=1&N=55

Tom Allen, a 6 term congressman, went on to lose by 23 points to Collins - in 2008.

There just aren't many people who factor who their favorite writer or celebrity is endorsing on their voting decision. And those who do tend to be below the legal voting age.

Why would I be trolling? I didn't know that Stephen King was politically active until today. To my knowledge, that's not what he's famous for. I think very few people in Norway know about this side to mister King.

So you're suggesting that people don't have an influence on other people, in particular on undecideds, moderates, independents? That's not what I've learned from psychology. Also, Maine is perhaps the least polarized, or close to least polarized state in the US. So expect there to be a particularily high percentage of undecideds and independent-minded adults there. No I'm not talking youngsters or babies, contrary to what your condescending mind might think.

[eric82oslo]

True, but King has been doing this for years and years. Susan Collins' last opponent, who was much better-known and ran in a much better year than Bellows, also received strong support from King. In 2010, Stephen King endorsed Democratic candidate Libby Mitchell ( http://bangordailynews.com/2010/06/17/politics/stephen-king-maine-dems-rally-behind-mitchell/ ), who finished in third place with just 19% of the vote. This is just not something that will in any way change the game for Bellows.

Nice. (Although I don't know anything about this Mitchell. )

[eric82oslo]

Could this be a game changer?

No, that's not how American politics works. I like Bellows but she's going to be slaughtered. She'll do worse than Tim Allen in 2008. You need to accept that.

She has done better in every poll that has come out, so this is not really true. She started out about 40% behind Collins, now she's only 20-something behind. She's at the verge of doing better than Tennant in WV, which was considered being in one of the most competitive of races only months ago.

[eric82oslo]

According to 538, the Maine Senate race is the single one of the 36 Senate races this year which has moved the most during the past month and a half. So now, everyone who's been picking on me for claiming this simple fact, can take a deeeeep, deep breath. Maybe I wasn't so shamefully wrong after all, despite your handful or three lame and deeply insulting jokes that I was borderline insane.

The 538 forecast calculates that Maine has moved 13.1% towards Bellows since September 3, while the vast majority of races have moved less than 5%: http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/senate-update-a-lot-has-changed-and-mostly-stayed-the-same/