"A whopping 61% of respondents said that Collins would do a better job of bringing federal dollars to Maine, while just 34% said the same of Platner."
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"WASHINGTON — Almost half of likely voters in Maine’s closely watched Senate race view Democrat hopeful Graham Platner as “too extreme,” a new poll has found.
"The New York Times/Portland Press Herald/Siena College survey also found that only 44% would describe Platner as having “good character” compared to incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (66%), and just 45% agree the Democrat “has the right kind of moral values” compared to Collins (61%).
"The poll still showed Platner leading Collins 49% to 47%, with 3% saying they didn’t know who they would support or declining to answer.
"Platner, 41, is endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and backs policies such as a single-payer healthcare system, packing the Supreme Court, and a wealth tax.
"However, his campaign has been dogged by a series of scandals, including physical abuse of a former girlfriend, sexting other women while married, making offensive comments on Reddit and getting a tattoo of a notorious Nazi SS symbol.
"Platner has denied both being violent towards past girlfriends and knowing that he had a Nazi tattoo, though multiple former flames have released messages in which they describe the tattoo to confidants before its significance was publicly known." . . . More...
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