{"id":3401,"date":"2026-07-13T10:43:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T10:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3401"},"modified":"2026-07-13T10:43:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T10:43:27","slug":"cnn-data-guru-stunned-as-dems-surge-in-key-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3401","title":{"rendered":"CNN Data Guru Stunned as Dems Surge in Key Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Democrats\u2019 chances of flipping a crucial Senate seat have unexpectedly improved despite the party\u2019s candidate being forced to drop out over sexual abuse allegations, according to CNN data analyst Harry Enten.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3399\">Delusional Trump, 80, Dreams Up Approval Figures as Disaster Looms<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Graham Platner, a 41-year-old oyster farmer and military veteran, ended his campaign in Maine just days after a former girlfriend, Jenny Racicot, accused him of forcing her to have sex in 2021. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Platner called the allegation \u201ccategorically false,\u201d but dropped out anyway. The accusation came after reports that he had sexted several women during the early years of his marriage. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Democrats must now choose a replacement nominee by July 27 to challenge Republican Sen. Susan Collins.<\/p>\n<p>Enten said the numbers suggest Democrats are actually better positioned without Platner on the ballot. <\/p>\n<p>Prediction market Kalshi shifted from a 50-50 toss-up on July 2 to giving Democrats a 63-percent chance of winning by July 12.<\/p>\n<p>According to Enten, that is because \u201cPlatner was greatly underperforming the fundamentals in Maine.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Enten pointed to New York Times\/Siena and Fox News polling showing Collins, 73, leading Platner by 1 point even as Democrats held a 12-point advantage on the generic Senate ballot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was already running well, well behind the fundamentals,\u201d Enten said, arguing Platner failed to capitalize on Collins\u2019 declining popularity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSusan Collins has been winning Senate elections in Maine since \u2014 I did the math \u2014 before my 10th birthday. My goodness gracious!&#8221; Enten said. \u201cBut with Susan Collins\u2019s luck, her popularity with the Maine electorate is actually more on the downward trend than a lot of Republicans would like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3397\">Trump Promotes Right-Wing Host\u2019s Wild Foul-Mouthed Demand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The same polling showed that Collins, who first took office in 1997, posted a net favorability rating of -3 in June, before the allegations against Platner, whose standing was even worse at -8, while President Donald Trump sat at -23 in Maine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut Democrats could not take advantage of that with Platner in the race. Why? Because Platner was even lower,\u201d Enten said. \u201cHe was less popular than the already unpopular Susan Collins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With Platner gone, Enten believes the race better reflects Maine\u2019s political landscape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you see Trump being this far underwater and Collins being this far underwater, you say Democrats should be winning, but Platner couldn\u2019t take advantage of it,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow that Platner is out of the race, in my mind, Democrats will be able to take advantage of the fundamentals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Enten also pointed to history, noting that the president\u2019s party rarely wins Senate seats in states it lost in the previous presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Trump lost Maine to Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, who won 52 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The last time Republicans won a Senate race in a state they had lost in the previous presidential election was in 2010.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cSusan Collins is going to have to break history to win in Maine in 2026,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd with Platner out of the race, it makes it much less likely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3395\">Trump Honors \u2018Dear Friend\u2019 Graham With a Tribute to Himself<\/a><\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats\u2019 chances of flipping a crucial Senate seat have unexpectedly improved despite the party\u2019s candidate being forced to drop out over sexual abuse allegations, according to CNN data analyst Harry Enten. Read more Delusional Trump, 80, Dreams Up Approval Figures as Disaster Looms Graham Platner, a 41-year-old oyster farmer and military veteran, ended his campaign [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CNN Data Guru Stunned as Dems Surge in Key Race - Nationwide Inter State Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3401\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CNN Data Guru Stunned as Dems Surge in Key Race - Nationwide Inter State Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Democrats\u2019 chances of flipping a crucial Senate seat have unexpectedly improved despite the party\u2019s candidate being forced to drop out over sexual abuse allegations, according to CNN data analyst Harry Enten. 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