Susan still has a lot of good will with average Mainer, who inaccurately view her in the same light as Olympia Snowe (one of the last true classic New England Republicans). Snowe had the brains to quit before debasing her self supporting what the GOP was becoming, which allowed her seat to flip. I think there is a decent chance Maine will have two senators that caucus with the Democrats once Collins is out of the picture.
The Massholes mostly live in the first district (which voted for Biden 60–37) and along the coast (my coastal town voted for Biden 75-22%).
I live in Maine's "red" 2nd district (which also voted for Obama, Kerry, Gore, Clinton). It's been interesting how Trump was able to convince a bunch of laid-off paper makers, lobster fishermen, and under employed lumberjacks that he was their savior (Obama won it by a bigger margin than Trump did, it was a huge swing). However, we are still represented by a Democrat in congress and going back to 1995 (since Snowe left the seat and ran for Senate) had only one 4-year stretch with a republican congressman. Our congressional rep was able to pull off a 6 point win even though Trump won by 7 points. It's turned from pretty reliably Democratic (even if more conservative than the first district) to Trump country has been quite sad to witness. I honestly think if Trump were not on the ballot, there is a good chance it flips back. A lot of his base in Maine is made up of the type that aren't usually all that motivated to turn out for an election.
