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R:7114Kyle ( 706.96 points)February 03, 2019 09:34pm
The coverage made it seem like her career was dead, yet she rose piles of money and leads her opponents by 20+.

Talk of Susan Collins being over politically was ridiculously overblown.

 
D:9602Old Dominion Democrat ( 1532.08 points)February 05, 2019 03:09pm
Very little of this money is from Maine, which is not a fact that can be readily ignored. If large sums of cash guaranteed wins then Senators Heitkamp and O'Rourke would be sitting on the floor of the House tonight listening to the SOTU.

 
D:7918Labour Dem ( 231.02 points)February 05, 2019 04:08pm
I can't find any polls with Collins up 20+? Thanks in advance for a citation. And yes, out of state money doesn't at all guarantee a win. There are plenty of right leaning people out of state willing to reward Collins, but she has to be re-elected by people who live in Maine.

 
R:7114Kyle ( 706.96 points)February 05, 2019 04:13pm
Old Dominion Democrat: Very little of this money is from Maine, which is not a fact that can be readily ignored. If large sums of cash guaranteed wins then Senators Heitkamp and O'Rourke would be sitting on the floor of the House tonight listening to the SOTU.

I don't have the stats offhand, but I doubt the millions raised against her were from Maine either.



Labour Dem: I can't find any polls with Collins up 20+? Thanks in advance for a citation. And yes, out of state money doesn't at all guarantee a win. There are plenty of right leaning people out of state willing to reward Collins, but she has to be re-elected by people who live in Maine.

Emerson released a poll in October that showed Collins with a 44%-20% lead over Susan Rice> It can be concerning that an incumbent is below 50%, but this was after the heat of the Kavanaugh vote. I doubt that vote will matter as much come election time.

 
D:9602Old Dominion Democrat ( 1532.08 points)February 05, 2019 06:07pm
I would assume the majority of the anti-Collins funds are from outside of Maine likewise. However, my point was the large sum of money Collins' raised is no indication of solid support at home in Maine based solely on where the funds are coming from.

 
D:1RP ( 5618.82 points)February 06, 2019 01:48pm
And Kavanaugh protestors raised more than twice as much for her opponent.