Platner Leads Collins 48%-41% in Maine Senate Poll as Independents Break His Way
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Updated · NewsCenterMaine.com WCSH-WLBZ · May 21
Platner Leads Collins 48%-41% in Maine Senate Poll as Independents Break His Way
11 articles · Updated · NewsCenterMaine.com WCSH-WLBZ · May 21
A Pan Atlantic Research poll of 827 likely Maine voters put Democrat Graham Platner ahead of Sen. Susan Collins 48% to 41%, with 11% undecided less than three weeks before Maine’s June 9 primary.
Independent voters appear to drive the edge: Platner leads Collins 48% to 35% among independents, who make up about one-third of Maine’s electorate, while both candidates win roughly 80% of their own party voters.
Favorability data also tilted against Collins, with Platner at a net +3 and Collins at -18; President Donald Trump’s net favorability in Maine was -23.
The same survey showed Maine’s other major primaries remain fluid under ranked-choice voting, with crowded gubernatorial fields and 29% of Democrats in the open CD2 race still undecided.
Economic anxiety loomed over the races, with 75% naming cost of living and inflation the state’s top issue and 51% saying they are financially worse off than a year ago.
In Maine's ranked-choice primaries, how could second-choice votes from undecideds completely reshape the outcome of the gubernatorial races?
After a key social referendum failed to make the ballot, what will be the next major issue to define Maine's political landscape?