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To: SMGFan; campaignPete R-CT; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican

Maine has lefty independents running all the time so yes, this helps the rats. LePage would have lost in 2010 under this system.

17 posted on 05/03/2018 10:54:30 PM PDT by Impy (I have no virtue to signal.)

They use for primary. Not sure about general

18 posted on 05/04/2018 4:14:56 AM PDT by campaignPete R-CT (Committee to Re-Elect the President ( CREEP ))

To: Impy; fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; Gay State Conservative

>> Maine has lefty independents running all the time so yes, this helps the rats. <<

Maine is certainly no conservative state, but I'm surprised an actual Peter Fitzgerald/Al D'Amato/Rick Santorum-type GOP candidate can't win statewide with 34% of the vote in such a scenario. "Independents" like Angus King agree with like 95% of the RAT party platform. In theory it should be easy for a conservative to win under the radar with the RAT & "Independent" campaigning on identical issues, identical platforms, and going after the exact same voters.

20 posted on 05/04/2018 9:16:44 PM PDT by BillyBoy (States rights is NOT a suicide pact.)

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