Another poll shows Gideon leading Collins in potential Senate match-up [View all]

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https://www.pressherald.com/2020/03/05/another-poll-shows-gideon-leading-collins-in-potential-senate-match-up-2/

AUGUSTA — A new poll shows Democrat Sara Gideon ahead of Republican Sen. Susan Collins by four points in a hypothetical contest this November.

In the survey of 872 Maine voters by Public Policy Polling, Gideon led Collins 47 percent to 43 percent while both Democratic presidential contenders Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden led President Trump by 10 points in respective match-ups against Trump. The polling was conducted by landline phones and text messages from March 2 to 3.

Based in North Carolina, PPP is a left-leaning polling organization that conducts automated as well as online surveys nationwide both for clients and for a general audience. The political news and poll-tracking website fivethirtyeight.com says PPP has an accuracy of 80 percent and gives the firm B grade. The polling arms of Quinnipiac University and Marist College, by comparison, both had slightly higher accuracy rates and respective grades of B+ and A+.

A recent Colby College poll of more than 1,000 likely Maine voters showed Gideon and Collins in a statistical dead-heat, with the would-be Democratic challenger edging Maine’s Republican senator 43 percent to 42 percent with 14 percent undecided.

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