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Tom Rinaldo

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6. Very interesting...

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 9, 2026, 03:04 PM

2 hrs ago

assuming this poll is legit the only way I can see this happening is if the people polled mistakenly thought that the accusations being made against Platner were much more serious than they actually are. Then, when the actual so called "scandals" were described to them, they realized that they weren't serious enough to prevent them from choosing Platner over Collins.

Or there is a typo in the results

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ME-SEN, ME-GOV: Collons leading Platner by 1% (rounded), Shah (D) leads by 16 for gov. [View all] RandySF 2 hrs ago OP

Never heard of TPSI Fiendish Thingy 2 hrs ago #1

Very interesting... Tom Rinaldo 2 hrs ago #6

I legitimately don't know how to interpret that Sympthsical 2 hrs ago #7

Launched four months ago Quiet Em 2 hrs ago #10

Never heard of them, either -misanthroptimist 2 hrs ago #15

Ouch, that doesn't look good for the candidates or the Maine voters. rogue emissary 2 hrs ago #2

The scandal information given to respondents is inaccurate EdmondDantes_ 2 hrs ago #3

That certainly is inaccurate wording as the rumors were not about sexual assault. LisaL 2 hrs ago #9

more piling on platner.... gimme a break. dsp3000 2 hrs ago #4

This message was self-deleted by its author RandySF 2 hrs ago #8

TPSI has used AI/"synthetic" responses in the past fwiw WhiskeyGrinder 2 hrs ago #5

From what I could google, it's not considered a high quality pollster. LisaL 2 hrs ago #12

AI/"synthetic??? Ars Longa 1 hr ago #18

Any poll that asks the question in the way this poll framed it re Platner deserves to be tossed in the garbage. Nanjeanne 2 hrs ago #11

And the most bizarre thing is that they claim his poll numbers improved after that. LisaL 2 hrs ago #13

All garbage. Nanjeanne 2 hrs ago #14

Thank you. I was about to post the same thing. Right-wing garbage. AloeVera 1 hr ago #19

I tracked down that TPSI poll and it's the one asking voters about Platner's sexual assaults and rape threats. Incanus 1 hr ago #16

"Why would someone post that poll here?" Rob H. 1 hr ago #20

When voters are informed of Platner's "scandals" his numbers shoot up Prairie Gates 1 hr ago #17

You mean it's not because Maine voters Frasier Balzov 1 hr ago #21