but didn't the people of Maine choose him? AFAIK outsiders had opinions both ways but Dems there seemed to really like him and his campaign was not significantly affected by outsiders either way.
what's really frustrating is how Maine does RCV. if they had gone with FFV instead, we wouldn't have had such a divisive primary and they'd already have 3 other choices besides Collins and Platner on the ballot.
william ⁂ maggos
npub1hm…trlex
2026-07-08 16:33:33 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…mell
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