TPMDC ME-SEN: March 2011
ME-SEN
Poll: Olympia Snowe Could Win Reelection -- As An Independent
Maine Republicans aren't so keen on nominating Sen Olympia Snowe (R) for another reelection bid. But if Snowe does get dumped by her own party in a primary election, a PPP poll of registered voters shows that she could still cruise to reelection should she run as an Independent.
Earlier this week, PPP released a poll showing that only one quarter of Republicans in Snowe's home state think she should be considered a Republican, while a third said she was better described as a Democrat. Further, almost six in ten said they would probably vote for a more conservative candidate should one challenge Snowe in a primary.
Yet as the new release shows, Snowe garners plenty of support from Democratic voters, and could return to the Senate even if her own party dumps her in a primary next year.
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Olympia Snowe
Poll: Vast Majority Of ME GOPers Think Olympia Snowe Should Not Be A GOPer
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
Well this is probably not a great sign for an incumbent Republican Senator facing reelection: a new poll of likely GOP primary voters in Maine shows more than 65% don't think Sen. Olympia Snowe belongs in the Republican party.
The outspoken moderate and sometime aisle-crosser apparently still has a long way to go before she convinces Republicans in Maine she's one of them. But the results of the poll show that against two potential primary rivals, Snowe still comes out on top.
The Public Policy Polling (D) survey of 434 "usual Maine Republican primary voters" found just 27% of them think Snowe "properly belongs in the Republican party." Thirty-four percent said she's best described as an independent, while 33% said Snowe's really more of a Democrat.
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