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2022 MidTerms & State races- who ya got?

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He won with a plurality both times. The same independent, Eliot Cutter, was on the ballot receiving something like 35% and 9% in the two times he ran. Maine also now has ranked choice voting. LePage could certainly win but certainly not going away.
 
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Kepler said:
So IIRC LePage won the first time because there was a three-way split of the ballot, but he won re-election outright, right? I see no reason he wouldn't be a threat again. Collins won, and Maine seems to be Ohioing.
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Both times he won before he ran against very mediocre candidates. Mills is both a strong candidate and has been a good governor but the tough decisions she has had to make during Covid will hurt her. On top of that people will vote against her because of inflation even though there really isn’t much she can do. Our housing is completely out of control right now. I think the school stuff drives a lot more votes than something like abortion too.

The group of voters I’ll be interested to watch is upper middle parents in southern maine. That really is the democrats base in Maine and if some of them go with LePage Mills will be in serious trouble.

Jared Golden will be Maine’s next Senator. Myself(and likely Walrus as well) love him but he rubs the hardcore democrats the wrong way.
 
ScoobyDoo said:
Lepage wins going away. The last thing Maine wants is a liberal in office.
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I think he gets to 40% without a doubt but after that?? Again the wildcard is fuel prices and inflation, which I think I've been told on here neither matter.
 
walrus said:
I think he gets to 40% without a doubt but after that?? Again the wildcard is fuel prices and inflation, which I think I've been told on here neither matter.
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On the contrary. They matter more than anything else. That's why the Democrats continue to lose over and over and over again while Republicans always find a way to stay in power, even when they're not in power.
 
walrus said:
I think he gets to 40% without a doubt but after that?? Again the wildcard is fuel prices and inflation, which I think I've been told on here neither matter.
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They do, but the president, much less a governor, shouldn't get credit or blame for gas prices. Only a handful of things any person can do with immediate impact and that usually involves the strategic reserves.

Anyways, back in reality, yeah, inflation and fuel are going to determine this election.
 
dxmnkd316 said:
They do, but the president, much less a governor, shouldn't get credit or blame for gas prices. Only a handful of things any person can do with immediate impact and that usually involves the strategic reserves.

Anyways, back in reality, yeah, inflation and fuel are going to determine this election.
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Rick Scott’s plan to raise taxes on everyone but the rich will really help out the voters concerned about inflation
 
Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
Rick Scott’s plan to raise taxes on everyone but the rich will really help out the voters concerned about inflation
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Sad thing is, they don't even care about that.

Even sadder thing is, most of them don't even know a thing about it.

But if a Democrat even suggests anything, like maybe half a cent tax on every share of stock sold, Oh, the horror!!!!!
 
rufus said:
Sad thing is, they don't even care about that.

Even sadder thing is, most of them don't even know a thing about it.

But if a Democrat even suggests anything, like maybe half a cent tax on every share of stock sold, Oh, the horror!!!!!
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Agreed. Policy doesn't matter other than cruelty.
 
Policy Wonkiness is an instant negative for any politician. Lying to people and telling them they're going to be rich someday so Bezos needs a big taxcut always works.
 
ScoobyDoo said:
Policy Wonkiness is an instant negative for any politician. Lying to people and telling them they're going to be rich someday so Bezos needs a big taxcut always works.
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Bezos can write off the full amount of a super yacht on his taxes, yet a school teacher is capped at writing off only $250 in supplies bought for work.

Forget closing loopholes, just re-write the goddammed tax code.
 
ScoobyDoo said:
Policy Wonkiness is an instant negative for any politician. Lying to people and telling them they're going to be rich someday so Bezos needs a big taxcut always works.
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If intelligence and attention to detail and honesty were positives for most Americans, Mike Dukakis would have been President.
 
Kepler said:
It's okay, she didn't tell the truth. Mississippi and Alabama are worse.
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“I am tired of hearing about how we’re the best state in the country to do business when we are the worst state in the country to live," said Abrams before she acknowledged Republicans would attack her for the later part of that statement.

"Let me contextualize. When you’re No. 48 for mental health, when we’re No. 1 for maternal mortality, when you have an incarceration rate that is on the rise and wages are on the decline, then you are not the No. 1 place to live.”
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Close enough. She's done.
 
Drew S. said:
Instead of telling my five year old to suck a **** why don’t YOU go suck a **** https://www.boston.com/news/politics...p_featurestack
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Massachusetts has open primaries, so independents can pull a ballot for either party. Independents will without a doubt break for Chris Doughty (who is positioning himself as a moderate republican). Hopefully the independent vote will outweigh the crazy so that Diehl does not make it to the general.
 
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