Maine women turn on Susan Collins: "Her 'right' and our 'right' aren't the same thing anymore"

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Collins used to vote against her party more than 30% of the time. That number has fallen to just 11%

Igor Derysh
May 8, 2020 2:48PM (UTC)

Women voters who propelled Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, to wins in four consecutive Senate races have increasingly soured on the so-called "centrist" Republican as her record has drifted farther right since President Donald Trump's election.

Maine is a uniquely women-dominated state. About 77% of women residents are registered to vote, and 65% of women voters turn out on Election Day, both the highest marks in the nation according to Politico. Collins won past elections with more than 60% support from women, but recent polls have found that more than 60% of women voters oppose her reelection. Her support among women voters under 50 has fallen to just 25%.

Collins' support for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh made her a target of women's groups around the country, many of which raised millions to oppose her and have already launched six-figure ad campaigns against her in Maine. But an in-depth Politico Magazine dispatch months ahead of the election found while the "Kavanaugh vote angered" women in the state, "they perceive a larger trend — that Collins abandoned her native Maine in favor of standing with her GOP peers and funding from corporate donors."

Collins has rejected this argument. She told The Los Angeles Times earlier this year that she could not understand what was driving her plummeting poll numbers.

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https://www.salon.com/2020/05/08/maine-women-turn-on-susan-collins-her-right-and-our-right-arent-the-same-thing-anymore/

[DFW]

1. So! Susan Collins can't understand what is driving her plummeting poll numbers?

Should we tell her, or should we let it be our little secret until after the election?

[sfstaxprep]

3. Let's Explain To Her On November 3 nt

[DFW]

6. No too soon

I want to see a few CNN interviews where she whines about not understanding what went wrong.

THEN we tell her.

[spooky3]

5. Which is worse--that she's too stupid to understand, or that

She is lying and arrogant enough to think that undemocratic forces will give her reelection anyway?

Either is disqualifying. Maine deserves better, and so do we.

[DFW]

7. I'm worried about the undemocratic forces

Republicans see the same polls we do, and they know what happens if the election is fairly held.

They are perfectly willing to do everything in their power to make sure the election is NOT fairly held. It's convenient to not have conscience, and they don't even know the meaning of the word.

[spooky3]

11. agree - it's all about the ends -- maintenance of power, money flows, etc. nt

[Dandelyon]

2. She votes with Trump 89% of the time

She's toast

[essme]

4. She's probably concerned about

this.

[lindysalsagal]

8. Music to my ears.

Wonder if she'll be able to find a new job????

Can you imagine corporate snapping her right up!?

NO??

[CentralMass]

10. She is 67 years old and has probably padded her bank account nicely during her tenure.

[SheltieLover]

9. K&R!

"Concerning."