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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,028 posts)
Fri Mar 6, 2020, 02:35 PM Mar 2020

4 Republican senators could well be on the chopping block come November

It's not looking good this fall for four Republican senators, namely Susan Collins of Maine, Cory Gardner of Colorado, Martha McSally of Arizona, and Thom Tillis of North Carolina. Despite the advantages of incumbency, all four are trailing their prospective Democratic challengers by four points or more, according to the latest round of PPP polling.

Here's the breakdown:

Collins 43, Sara Gideon 47
Gardner 38, John Hickenlooper 51
McSally 42, Mark Kelly 47
Tillis 41, Cal Cunningham 46

PPP calls the Maine polling "most interesting" due to a stunning turnaround from last spring when Collins was leading Gideon by 18 points, 51-33. Perhaps Collins is concerned. She should be. The dual Kavanaugh/Trump acquittal votes aren't turning out so hot with Democrats. "Last April Collins had a 32% approval rating with Hillary Clinton voters," PPP writes, "now she has just a 9% approval rating with Clinton voters." Collins' overall approval rating now is also 24 points underwater, 33%-57%. Sorry, not sorry.

Kelly's lead over McSally, however, hasn't changed much from last spring when he had a 4-point advantage of 46-42. McSally never won that seat to begin with: She was appointed to fill it after Sen. John McCain passed. Perhaps Arizona voters are suffering from buyer’s remorse on a purchase they didn’t even make.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/5/1924743/-4-Republican-senators-could-well-be-on-the-chopping-block-come-November?detail=emaildkre

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4 Republican senators could well be on the chopping block come November (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2020 OP
I really don't understand how Kelly doesn't have a larger margin. FoxNewsSucks Mar 2020 #1
Arizona is still pretty Republican ibegurpard Mar 2020 #3
IF Kobach is Kansas GOP candidate, add Kansas as almost certain pickup with Biden beachbumbob Mar 2020 #2

ibegurpard

(16,685 posts)
3. Arizona is still pretty Republican
Fri Mar 6, 2020, 02:48 PM
Mar 2020

Although it's been trending otherwise. Collins has always had a reputation as a moderate. That's tough to overcome particularly with an incumbent. But it's trending our way.
What concerns me is that even if we pick up all four of these it still wouldn't be enough if we lose Doug Jones in Alabama. I'm not convinced that he's going to lose but it's going to be an uphill climb and I do think more people need to pay attention and do whatever they can to help that campaign.

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