there are some on the right who have professed that there's a lot more on Platner to come out. But they preserved the new stuff until closer to the election. These same people intimate that they wanted Platner to be the dem candidate.
It's a verifiable fact Republican turnout is incredibly depressed whenever Trump isn't on the ballot. Couple that with people being more and more upset about the traditional corporate politicians doing nothing but making themselves more wealthy, and Platner appealing across the aisle, and I don't really think he's in a bad spot.
National polls only measure the popular vote, which Hillary won by 3 million votes, so those polls were correct.
I repeat, national polls only measure the popular vote, not the electoral college. The national polls were correct.
Democrats have flipped 30 Republican seats since the election, including wins in deep red districts in Texas and Arkansas. Republicans have flipped none. So that 20% approval is irrelevant and doesn't measure voter enthusiasm to send Trump a message. These seats wouldn't have flipped without help from Independents and Republicans so I wouldn't use the Dem approval rate as your barometer for what will happen in Maine.
Dems can't win if they are up in the polls. Duuuhhh. Stupid dumbocrat.
Which is probably why an outsider like Platner is polling so favorably in Maine...
Trump is endlessly more flawed then Platner.
Platner has the support of the party establishment now, no way he is forced off the ballot
For instance Trump is a rapist pedophile
Yes but the OP is a hypocrite and dope. Mainstream Republican.
Odd that you think you know that but the dem establishment didn't claim that during the 24 campaign.
Platner has the support of former Obama staffers like the Pod Save America guys and is endorsed by Chuck Schumer. Collins might try to be a moderate but she is no real moderate. Last I checked Platner wasn't in Congress
If the current crop of congressional Democrats are polling poorly, it's only logical to think an outsider who blew out the corporate Dem nominee - Janet Mills - would have much more momentum with active democrats/independents. Say what you will, but with as poorly viewed as the Democrat party is currently, the Republican party is a trainwreck to all who aren't diehard MAGAs.
You keep throwing out numbers without any documentation. Here are some polls.
| pollster | date | sample | Favorable | Unfavorable | spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 3/12 - 6/8 | — | 38.6 | 55.3 | Spread-16.7 |
| Economist/YouGov | 6/5 - 6/8 | 1438 RV | 41 | 56 | Spread-15 |
| Financial Times | 5/29 - 6/1 | 1537 RV | 39 | 48 | Spread-9 |
| Marquette | 5/20 - 5/26 | 857 RV | 41 | 58 | Spread-17 |
| Cygnal | 5/5 - 5/6 | 1500 LV | 39 | 55 | Spread-16 |
| Pew Research | 4/20 - 4/26 | 5103 A | 40 | 58 | Spread-18 |
| FOX News | 4/17 - 4/20 | 1001 RV | 42 | 58 | Spread-16 |
| CNBC | 4/15 - 4/19 | 1000 RV | 35 | 52 | Spread-17 |
| CNN | 3/26 - 3/30 | 951 RV | 34 | 57 | Spread-23 |
| Quinnipiac | 3/19 - 3/23 | 1191 RV | 35 | 53 | Spread-18 |
| Yahoo News | 3/12 - 3/16 | 1145 RV | 40 | 58 | Spread-18 |
| pollster | date | sample | Favorable | Unfavorable | spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 3/12 - 6/8 | — | 36.5 | 56.1 | Spread-19.6 |
| Economist/YouGov | 6/5 - 6/8 | 1438 RV | 41 | 57 | Spread-16 |
| Financial Times | 5/29 - 6/1 | 1537 RV | 40 | 48 | Spread-8 |
| Marquette | 5/20 - 5/26 | 857 RV | 36 | 61 | Spread-25 |
| Cygnal | 5/5 - 5/6 | 1500 LV | 42 | 53 | Spread-11 |
| Pew Research | 4/20 - 4/26 | 5103 A | 39 | 59 | Spread-20 |
| FOX News | 4/17 - 4/20 | 1001 RV | 42 | 58 | Spread-16 |
| CNBC | 4/15 - 4/19 | 1000 RV | 27 | 52 | Spread-25 |
| CNN | 3/26 - 3/30 | 951 RV | 30 | 58 | Spread-28 |
| Quinnipiac | 3/19 - 3/23 | 1191 RV | 31 | 56 | Spread-25 |
| Yahoo News | 3/12 - 3/16 | 1145 RV | 37 | 59 | Spread-22 |
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Doesn't understand the disapproval numbers are due to Democrats anger with their own party for allowing Trump to win again and not doing anything to stop his authoritarian rampage. It is not a reflection of how they feel about new candidates for office.
