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StevieM

(10,500 posts)
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 12:47 PM Oct 2016

It is crazy that Hillary hasn't made an appearance in Maine's 2nd congressional district

I think it is the biggest mistake made by an otherwise fabulously run campaign.

Trump is supposed to be there again today, in Lisbon, Maine.

Why can't we get one visit out there? HRC will probably go back to New Hampshire one more time before the election is over. Can't she make a quick swing over to northern Maine?

I am glad to see that she is out in Iowa today. That's another state that is closer than it should be. I think we can surprise people on Election Day by winning it by a decent margin.

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It is crazy that Hillary hasn't made an appearance in Maine's 2nd congressional district (Original Post) StevieM Oct 2016 OP
Time and cost versus reward Godhumor Oct 2016 #1
Honestly, we're not going to need it. vdogg Oct 2016 #2
ME-1: 1 EV...Arizona: 11 EV brooklynite Oct 2016 #3
I was born and raised in Maine... NoGoodNamesLeft Oct 2016 #4
You are welcome to your own conclusion but I see it differently. StevieM Oct 2016 #11
since maine loves to elect nut job right wing crackpot governors why waste time there? nt msongs Oct 2016 #5
That would be a waste of precious time; better for her to go to states with diversity Maru Kitteh Oct 2016 #6
Florida has 29 EV's. Maine has ???? 1? NightWatcher Oct 2016 #7
To clarify - Maine has four EVs but splits out. Maine-i-acs Oct 2016 #8
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Godhumor

(6,437 posts)
1. Time and cost versus reward
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 01:03 PM
Oct 2016

Other areas that can secure more EVs that are and should be the focus in the final two weeks.

vdogg

(1,384 posts)
2. Honestly, we're not going to need it.
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 01:03 PM
Oct 2016

Going there right now is waste of resources when there are far more lucrative prizes, such as Arizona, to be had.

 

NoGoodNamesLeft

(2,056 posts)
4. I was born and raised in Maine...
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 01:11 PM
Oct 2016

And Maine has one electoral vote...ONE. Clinton should spend her time in battleground states that have a significant number of electoral votes to make sure Trump doesn't get those other states. It's not that she does not care about Maine...it's that her time is better spent elsewhere...just like I and others told you a few days ago when you posted the exact same thing. The answer is not going to change. She CANNOT afford to take away from the battleground states to go to rural Maine. She just can't.

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
11. You are welcome to your own conclusion but I see it differently.
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 09:00 PM
Oct 2016

Every electoral vote counts. And I do think she can take one day--or half a day--to make a single stop in Bangor, Maine.

She can go there at night after spending the day in New Hampshire. So that is 5 electoral votes, not 1.

Maru Kitteh

(28,341 posts)
6. That would be a waste of precious time; better for her to go to states with diversity
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 01:38 PM
Oct 2016

and more electoral votes.

Maine-i-acs

(1,499 posts)
8. To clarify - Maine has four EVs but splits out.
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 01:44 PM
Oct 2016

CD-2 provides 1 EV so it could provide a single EV to CheetoFuhrer. He has sent both Beavis and Butt-head here to campaign recently. He is tripping over himself to score this little point. Let him waste the effort while Madame President scores NC and AZ.

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