Democrats have gone all in for their presumptive nominee for the Senate in Maine, Graham Platner, despite all the vile things that have been revealed about him.
Why have they done that? He was polling nine points ahead of the incumbent, Republican candidate, Susan Collins, about a week ago. Translation? Who cares about the Nazi tattoo and all the other problematic issues if he can help us get back control of the Senate?
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But if they were staking their case on that, they may have been deluding themselves. Collins has been in office a while, and she's been very resilient. There's been a history of bad polling against her, and she's tended to outperform the polls and win.
Not to mention, now people have been paying more attention to Platner's issues with the latest revelations about the sexually explicit texts with other women, CNN senior data analyst Harry Enten explained. For people thinking the scandals aren't hitting, the latest data may "indicate otherwise," Enten explained.
Why this time could be different for Platner.
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) June 2, 2026
-Google searches for him are way up in Maine & hit all-time high on Sunday
-Market odds have moved ~10 pt in Collins' direction
-Collins has long history of beating her polls by 8+ pt
Hard for Dems to win the Senate without Maine. pic.twitter.com/HcwtwDfyAX
Enten also looked at the prediction markets, noting that Platner's chances of winning had dropped significantly to what he assessed was now within the margin of error. He also detailed how the polls had underestimated Collins in her last three elections: by 8, 8, and 12 points.
Enten said that now with the new information, things may be even closer, and his polling "lead" is even less than what she's overcome with the "polling" in the past.
Now, there's polling that indicates Enten may be right. Looks like the gap may be closing, if the latest poll is any indication. This is a Platner internal poll, the Public Policy Polling poll, that has him only ahead by four points, 49 to 45 percent. The polling was of registered voters.
New - Senate poll - Maine
— Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) June 3, 2026
🔵 Platner 49%
🔴 Collins (Inc) 45%
PPP #B (Platner internal) -RV - 6/3 pic.twitter.com/gIEldvSqvx
An internal poll showing +4 is not super reassuring given that internal polls typically exaggerate their candidate's standing by 4 points or so. And that's smaller than Platner's lead in most public polls before. https://t.co/prFYCKplgq
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) June 3, 2026
It looks like his polling is collapsing. Lo and behold, people actually do care about these things, despite what Democrats were trying to tell people.
This, with reports that more may be coming on him. If there's more, it may finish him off.
Democrats sold their soul to back this guy, and now they may be gored by their own slimy choice. It couldn't happen to more deserving people.
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