Poll: Susan Collins trails slightly in Maine Senate race

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Democrat Sara Gideon leads GOP Sen. Susan Collins in Maine's critical Senate race, while Joe Biden holds a commanding double-digit edge over President Donald Trump in a state Trump lost only narrowly four years ago, according to a new poll released Monday.

Gideon leads Collins 46 percent to 41 percent among likely voters, with only a small percent of voters choosing independent candidates and just 5 percent still undecided, according to the poll from The Boston Globe and Suffolk University.

The poll is consistent with recent surveys showing Gideon with a lead over Collins, the longtime GOP senator seeking a fifth term in the chamber. The race has garnered even more attention since the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last week; Collins said over the weekend she opposes filling Ginsburg's seat before the November election.

The survey also shows a potential boost for Gideon through the state's use of ranked choice voting — a process by which voters rank their by order of preference, and if no candidate receives 50 percent of the vote, the last-place finisher is eliminated and those votes are reallocated to the voters' second choice. After one round of a ranked-choice simulation, Gideon was at 49 percent, compared to 42 percent for Collins.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/poll-susan-collins-trails-slightly-in-maine-senate-race/ar-BB19gQgr?li=BB141NW3

[RhodeIslandOne]

1. "Slightly"

An incumbent is in deep trouble one and a half months out down 5.

She looks very concerned.

[Statistical]

4. Yeah 5% is outside the margin of error.

Nobody let their guard down but it isn't what I would call slight either.

[still_one]

6. Typical politico headline

[Moostache]

2. Hey people of Maine...Harry, Jimmy and Trent...

FUCK YOU TOO!

That is a disgrace that so many of your fellow citizens are going to send that worthless, spineless wind vane of a human back to the Senate again...if that happens, then Maine can kiss my ass right along with Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and about 15 more states crammed full of idiocy and deserving of the mess they are creating.

Susan Collins is a disgrace to the institution of the Senate and she is part and parcel of the reason this nation is spiraling the drain of history.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

8. Gideon has been ahead of Collins ever since the race has started

I think she will definitely win. As mentioned, she currently holds 7 point lead when ranked choice voting is factored in.

[Thekaspervote]

3. Slightly? 5 pts certainly outside the margin of error and more than a slight lead

Once again msn..trying to make it a horse race!

[dchill]

5. I am slightly less than 7 feet tall.

But at 5 feet 9 it's SO CLOSE!

[samsingh]

7. how the 'f' is 5% slightly. msn is a right wing hack site.