ME-02: Poliquin in denial

[MAINEiac4434]

Golden raised $104 K in five weeks:

http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00653816/1187154

Respectable but not stellar

Pretty good for Maine, actually.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

The Democrats have been recruiting a lot of young and dynamic candidates for 2018, another example being Billy Kovacs, who is running for AZ02. I'm very optimistic about our party's future. That being said, Golden is the perfect candidate for this race.

[MAINEiac4434]

Openly trans woman Daniele VanHelsing is running against Poliquin as an independent:

http://www.pressherald.com/2018/01/05/transgender-activist-making-run-for-2nd-congressional-district-seat/

[Sestak]

Openly trans woman Daniele VanHelsing is running against Poliquin as an independent:

http://www.pressherald.com/2018/01/05/transgender-activist-making-run-for-2nd-congressional-district-seat/

potential spoiler for more liberal voters?

[MAINEiac4434]

Openly trans woman Daniele VanHelsing is running against Poliquin as an independent:

http://www.pressherald.com/2018/01/05/transgender-activist-making-run-for-2nd-congressional-district-seat/

potential spoiler for more liberal voters?

There’s also a Green with huge support among the Native communities in the district. Both he and Van Helsing together could gift Poliquin another term.

[YE]

Openly trans woman Daniele VanHelsing is running against Poliquin as an independent:

http://www.pressherald.com/2018/01/05/transgender-activist-making-run-for-2nd-congressional-district-seat/

potential spoiler for more liberal voters?

There’s also a Green with huge support among the Native communities in the district. Both he and Van Helsing together could gift Poliquin another term.

Is Golden not good enough for them? Is there something toxic about his record? If only RCV hadn't been struck down, this wouldn't be problematic.

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

Does anyone know if Emily Cain is running again?  A google search would not yield any conclusive results.

[Young Conservative]

Openly trans woman Daniele VanHelsing is running against Poliquin as an independent:

http://www.pressherald.com/2018/01/05/transgender-activist-making-run-for-2nd-congressional-district-seat/

potential spoiler for more liberal voters?

There’s also a Green with huge support among the Native communities in the district. Both he and Van Helsing together could gift Poliquin another term.

Is Golden not good enough for them? Is there something toxic about his record? If only RCV hadn't been struck down, this wouldn't be problematic.

RCV is clearly unconstitutional though.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Does anyone know if Emily Cain is running again?  A google search would not yield any conclusive results.

She'd just lose again, so why do you care?

[Strudelcutie4427]

3rd Term for Brucie!!! In all honesty I really like him, I met him last year and we talked about the patriots

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

Does anyone know if Emily Cain is running again?  A google search would not yield any conclusive results.

She'd just lose again, so why do you care?

If she was running, she would have a substantial chance of winning the primary (again), but then an abysmal chance of winning the general; I hope she is not running, because her running would increase the chances of a another Poliquin win.

[MAINEiac4434]

Does anyone know if Emily Cain is running again?  A google search would not yield any conclusive results.

She’s some big shot with Emily’s List now and no longer lives in Maine, so I’d say no.

[MAINEiac4434]

Openly trans woman Daniele VanHelsing is running against Poliquin as an independent:

http://www.pressherald.com/2018/01/05/transgender-activist-making-run-for-2nd-congressional-district-seat/

potential spoiler for more liberal voters?

There’s also a Green with huge support among the Native communities in the district. Both he and Van Helsing together could gift Poliquin another term.

Is Golden not good enough for them? Is there something toxic about his record? If only RCV hadn't been struck down, this wouldn't be problematic.

Not that I know of, other than he’s not necessarily a diehard progressive - Seth amounting is my closest approximation.

Henry John Bear (the Green candidate) just seems to want to make the most of his meaningless party shift now that he’s term-limited in the State House.

[MAINEiac4434]

Openly trans woman Daniele VanHelsing is running against Poliquin as an independent:

http://www.pressherald.com/2018/01/05/transgender-activist-making-run-for-2nd-congressional-district-seat/

potential spoiler for more liberal voters?

There’s also a Green with huge support among the Native communities in the district. Both he and Van Helsing together could gift Poliquin another term.

Is Golden not good enough for them? Is there something toxic about his record? If only RCV hadn't been struck down, this wouldn't be problematic.

RCV is clearly unconstitutional though.

Not if we change the Maine constitution (we will).

[BuckeyeNut]

Openly trans woman Daniele VanHelsing is running against Poliquin as an independent:

http://www.pressherald.com/2018/01/05/transgender-activist-making-run-for-2nd-congressional-district-seat/

potential spoiler for more liberal voters?

There’s also a Green with huge support among the Native communities in the district. Both he and Van Helsing together could gift Poliquin another term.

Is Golden not good enough for them? Is there something toxic about his record? If only RCV hadn't been struck down, this wouldn't be problematic.

RCV is clearly unconstitutional though.

Not if we change the Maine constitution (we will).

"One person, one vote" isn't a problem with the Maine Constitution. (Not that I agree with the analysis finding OPOV is violated by RCV. But I digress.)

[MAINEiac4434]

Openly trans woman Daniele VanHelsing is running against Poliquin as an independent:

http://www.pressherald.com/2018/01/05/transgender-activist-making-run-for-2nd-congressional-district-seat/

potential spoiler for more liberal voters?

There’s also a Green with huge support among the Native communities in the district. Both he and Van Helsing together could gift Poliquin another term.

Is Golden not good enough for them? Is there something toxic about his record? If only RCV hadn't been struck down, this wouldn't be problematic.

RCV is clearly unconstitutional though.

Not if we change the Maine constitution (we will).

"One person, one vote" isn't a problem with the Maine Constitution. (Not that I agree with the analysis finding OPOV is violated by RCV. But I digress.)

The problem is in the wording of who wins elections. Activists are seeking to change the word “plurality” to “majority”.

[Dr. MB]

This is how Trump wins a second term, folks. Republican voters will never vote third party. Democrats will split their votes

Tancredo?

[MAINEiac4434]

Why doesn't the Green dude just run in the Democratic primary?

Because he'll lose a primary.

[King Lear]

Why are democrats wasting money on this district I rate Likely Republican? When Their are 23 Clinton-Republican districts that are all more winnable then this district that supported Trump by double-digits.

[smoltchanov]

Why are democrats wasting money on this district I rate Likely Republican? When Their are 23 Clinton-Republican districts that are all more winnable then this district that supported Trump by double-digits.

Not every Democrat agrees with your ratings, probably))))

[Young Conservative]

This is how Trump wins a second term, folks. Republican voters will never vote third party. Democrats will split their votes

Republican voters constantly vote third party. It costs us elections all the time. I would argue that Republican voters are more likely to vote to vote third party than Democratic voters in down ballot races.

[YE]

Why are democrats wasting money on this district I rate Likely Republican? When Their are 23 Clinton-Republican districts that are all more winnable then this district that supported Trump by double-digits.

This area of the country is very elastic. You really need to start looking at past elections. Look at how hard areas in the Rust Belt (and ME-02 along with much of upstate NY is quite similar to the Rust Belt) swung towards the Dems from 2004 to 2008, for example.

[smoltchanov]

This is how Trump wins a second term, folks. Republican voters will never vote third party. Democrats will split their votes

Republican voters constantly vote third party. It costs us elections all the time. I would argue that Republican voters are more likely to vote to vote third party than Democratic voters in down ballot races.

Depends on race. On presidential level - yes, especially in the last years. But Republicans like Baker and Scott get a lot of normally Democratic votes in their races, so - in these races more Democrats split their votes then Republican. In last Alabama's Senate race - yes, probably more republicans split.

[MAINEiac4434]

Why are democrats wasting money on this district I rate Likely Republican? When Their are 23 Clinton-Republican districts that are all more winnable then this district that supported Trump by double-digits.

Please do not pollute threads about my state with your useless drivel.

[Cactus Jack]

Why are democrats wasting money on this district I rate Likely Republican? When Their are 23 Clinton-Republican districts that are all more winnable then this district that supported Trump by double-digits.

Learn to spell, genius.