Maine Senate: Collins extends lead over Allen to 23 points
By Lance Dutson Posted in 2008 — Comments (9) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
Promoted by Erick. Lance Dutson is involved with saving Maine from MoveOn.org the re-election of Senator Collins and, though some of us may disagree with Sen. Collins on some issues, we absolutely must work our butts off to help her. The alternative is a guy who makes the folks at the Democratic Underground look rational.
(cross-posted at MaineWebReport.com)
The most recent poll on the Maine Senate race shows Senator Collins extending her lead to 23 points from the last published poll in November, which showed her ahead of Tom Allen 54-34. From The Hill Roll Call:
Business Coalition Polls 3 Senate Battlegrounds
In releasing polling Tuesday that sought to bolster its argument that Americans oppose “card-check” legislation for unionized workers, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace also released polls on three of the most hotly contested Senate races of the cycle.
In Colorado, the Republican polling firm McLaughlin & Associates found Rep. Mark Udall (D) leading former Rep. Bob Schaffer (R), 44 percent to 32 percent. The survey of 400 likely general election voters taken March 6-9 had a 4.9-point margin of error.
In Maine, Sen. Susan Collins (R) had a solid lead over Rep. Tom Allen (D), 54 percent to 31 percent. The poll of 400 likely voters March 6-9 had a 4.9-point error margin.
In Minnesota, Sen. Norm Coleman (R) had a 46 percent to 40 percent lead over comedian Al Franken (D) in the McLaughlin poll. The pollster interviewed 500 likely voters March 6-9. The poll had a 4.5-point error margin.
The poll found in all three states that non-union households were far more likely to support the Republican candidates, and also suggested that voters are less likely to support candidates who favor a card-check process for union membership, a provision favored by unions and many Democratic leaders.
— Josh Kurtz
And may I take this opportunity to thank the DNC for putting a convention that promises to be quite... ah, energetic? - in a State that might decide to flip in November?
The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC. I've been usurped!
Albeit one in Colorado Springs... let me just say that the finding that only 3 out of 4 people give a darn is accurate from my experience.
It's even a little high.
Man is free at the moment he wishes to be. --Voltaire
But 98% of polls that I see have at minimum 90% decideds. That goes for Colorado polls too.
“.....women and minorities hardest hit”
have them even at ~44%.
"After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood." -Fred Dalton Thompson
Dems are really after this seat and are funding Udall from everywhere they can.
"After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood." -Fred Dalton Thompson
Collins is safe. Always has been.
Unfortunately, of all the incumbents that I want to be safe, she is the one I would least prefer to have safe. Don't get me wrong, I want her to win, but if I had a choice between her and Coleman or Sununu, she'd be at the bottom of that pile.
"I ain't never votin' fo another Democrat so long as I can draw breath! I'll vote for a dog first!" - Leola Thomas
Yeah, I think she is almost a sure thing at this point.
Coleman should still win too, although not by a lot.
I figure Colorado is a fifty fifty chance.
Sununu needs help desperately. Now is the time for the Club for Growth, which has claimed it will support him, to put some money into pounding Shaheen. We are waiting.
Well the Maine and Minn poll numbers look good but not the Colorado one.