Yeah. So she’s going to survive.
(Not counting Mitch)
I want to see her and Lindsey go more than anything.
It disgusts me she’s going to survive, she’s clearly charging hard and I’m afraid will cross the fi ish line unfortunately
Fundamentals Favoring Collins:
-Collins is the incumbent
Fundamentals working against Collins:
-The national environment
-Partisanship
-Fundraising
-Polling
-Biden’s very likely to carry Maine, and by a bigger margin than Clinton
-Incumbents tend to underperform polls
-She’s on of the most disliked senators nationally
She’s always considered vulnerable and always ends up with cross party ticket splitting appeal
LMAO what world have you been living in?
In 2008, Collins was initially seen as vulnerable, and she faced a credible opponent that year-then Rep. Tom Allen from Maine's 1st congressional district. Collins, however, ended up defeating Allen by 23%, even while Obama was carrying Maine by 18% against John McCain at the same time. Nevertheless, as I myself have said, this is not 2008 anymore. The country is much more polarized, and Collins is far less popular than she was 12 years ago.
Polls consistently showed Collins far ahead in 2008 (albeit not quite as far ahead as she ended up winning by) and at that point, she had only won re-election once, in a Republican year, so she didn't seem quite as invincible then as she did later.
