2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumIt is crazy that Hillary hasn't made an appearance in Maine's 2nd congressional district
I think it is the biggest mistake made by an otherwise fabulously run campaign.
Trump is supposed to be there again today, in Lisbon, Maine.
Why can't we get one visit out there? HRC will probably go back to New Hampshire one more time before the election is over. Can't she make a quick swing over to northern Maine?
I am glad to see that she is out in Iowa today. That's another state that is closer than it should be. I think we can surprise people on Election Day by winning it by a decent margin.
Godhumor
(6,437 posts)Other areas that can secure more EVs that are and should be the focus in the final two weeks.
vdogg
(1,384 posts)Going there right now is waste of resources when there are far more lucrative prizes, such as Arizona, to be had.
brooklynite
(94,684 posts)I'd call it a tie.
NoGoodNamesLeft
(2,056 posts)And Maine has one electoral vote...ONE. Clinton should spend her time in battleground states that have a significant number of electoral votes to make sure Trump doesn't get those other states. It's not that she does not care about Maine...it's that her time is better spent elsewhere...just like I and others told you a few days ago when you posted the exact same thing. The answer is not going to change. She CANNOT afford to take away from the battleground states to go to rural Maine. She just can't.
StevieM
(10,500 posts)Every electoral vote counts. And I do think she can take one day--or half a day--to make a single stop in Bangor, Maine.
She can go there at night after spending the day in New Hampshire. So that is 5 electoral votes, not 1.
msongs
(67,433 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)and more electoral votes.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Maine-i-acs
(1,499 posts)CD-2 provides 1 EV so it could provide a single EV to CheetoFuhrer. He has sent both Beavis and Butt-head here to campaign recently. He is tripping over himself to score this little point. Let him waste the effort while Madame President scores NC and AZ.