Left and right views · Person
Susan Collins
Republican incumbent U.S. senator from Maine.
A dated synthesis from named sources. It summarizes recurring broad-left and broad-right public arguments. It is not a score or a claim about every voter.
Broad leftThe moderate who votes like a majority-maker
The left desk sells Collins as the reason Democratic bills die and Republican judges live, dressed up as Maine niceness.
- They want the race to be about her party-line moments, not about town-hall manners.
- They treat another term as six more years of a 53-seat Republican Senate.
- They argue her moderate reputation is the campaign, not the record.
Source: AP on the Maine Senate race
Broad rightMaine's senator, not Washington's villain
The right desk sells Collins as the person who brings the money home and occasionally bucks her party, which is why she keeps winning a blue-ish state.
- Incumbency is the feature.
- They treat Jackson as a replacement nominee.
- They argue Democrats have been promising to retire her for twenty years.
Source: AP on the Maine Senate race
Limits of this guide
Not Mike Collins of Georgia. Thin issue file on this card; open the race brief for the map talk.