Not because Maine lives her or because she's so good at her job. It's really only because Mitch McConnell threw a ton of money at her last re-elect after extracting a promise of loyalty from her.
That is a great question. I wish I could explain the phenomena that is Maine within the word count guidelines 🤦♀️ Wait…
There’s a fuck ton of old humans here. A lot don’t use social media, they do watch local news, and have had her name front & center for decades. Like a family member.
A crazy aunt.
That and she hasn’t had a strong Democratic opponent. Like, not at all. We need more people to run for office here.
I had to vote republican in the local elections FOUR times because the republican candidate ran UNOPPOSED. 😩
You do understand how elections work, right?
She swallowed the red pill and her voters keep her employed. Regardless of her once in a while forays back into the real world.
Because essentially no US sitting senator ever gets kicked out of office from Susan Collins to Ted Cruz it’s sick but it’s true and it’s wrong and that’s why we need term limits.
What's really needed is a deconstruction of the "Party" system. Most voters seem to only vote for their "team" rather than considering the person, and what they stand for personally. Hell, I would be surprised if most people even see the name of the candidate.
She gets a ton of money pumped into her races by mega-donors (over $30 million her last election) and portrays herself as an "independent minded republican". If she didn't do either of these things, a democrat or independent like Angus King would win.
ya'll do not understand New England's thoughts on Rs. To us they are like basically democrats and voting for them gives New Englanders a feeling of bi-partisanship. I lived in MA almost my whole life and it was always R gov and D federal picks. Maine is kinda the same but more red/purple than MA.
well, there are a lot of people in Northern Maine who are very very dumb ....and basically get all their news from OANN and Newsmax....even Fox is too complicated for them.
New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine are very odd places - not truly liberal since there is a very aggressive libertarian streak in each state (probably because they are all incredibly white, and I’m not hating, it just IS).
As a senator she doesn’t have a district. The southern half of Maine is very blue, while the northern half is very red. Many Democrats have voted for her over the years based on her (false) reputation as a moderate. Sadly she’s an institution here, so she’ll be in the Senate until she retires.
If she really wants to help the country survive Trump and degenerates, she should switch to Independent and caucus with Democrats, then Lisa Murkowski and maybe one other republican senator who actually cares about saving democracy. Both are not up for reelection for 4 years
Because too many Mainers fall for her claims that she is moderate. I have Dem friends who have voted for her because she is allegedly pro-choice. Makes me want to pull my hair out.
And lots of dang Dems voted for her because they bought the media's "she's moderate". UGH. I worked on the Bye Bye Susan campaign and we failed to get her the heck out in 2020.
We need voters who care more about their government than the Real Housewives of Poughkeepsie. Our vote should be their term-limit. Why toss out good ones prematurely?
As a voter living in Maine, all i have is my deepest condolences and apologies. We have a small lack of common sense in these parts. Thus, we continue to vote for a walking talking corpse.
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Bobo
mtg
cruz
Snake scott
To name a few.
There’s a fuck ton of old humans here. A lot don’t use social media, they do watch local news, and have had her name front & center for decades. Like a family member.
A crazy aunt.
That and she hasn’t had a strong Democratic opponent. Like, not at all. We need more people to run for office here.
I had to vote republican in the local elections FOUR times because the republican candidate ran UNOPPOSED. 😩
At $5,000
It's frankly exhausting.
She swallowed the red pill and her voters keep her employed. Regardless of her once in a while forays back into the real world.
I mean really. How does Ted F’n Cruz get re-elected? Josh Hawley? MTG?
Putins private messenger boy. He also promised to serve 2 terms. Grift is too good to pass up.
Even worse.