CNN Polls Show Michigan, Maine Senate Races Within 3 Points as 66% Fault Trump
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Updated · CNN · Sep 9
CNN Polls Show Michigan, Maine Senate Races Within 3 Points as 66% Fault Trump
3 articles · Updated · CNN · Sep 9
Summary
Michigan’s open Senate race stands at 47% for Abdul El-Sayed and 44% for Mike Rogers, while Maine shows Troy Jackson at 48% and Susan Collins at 45%—both within the polls’ margins of error.
Economic strain and anti-Trump sentiment are driving the deadlocks: about two-thirds in both states disapprove of Trump, voters say by better than 2-to-1 they are worse off than two years ago, and roughly two-thirds view Canadian tariffs negatively.
Michigan voters are weighing ideology and issues more directly, with 50% calling El-Sayed too liberal and about a quarter of likely voters still persuadable, including 40% of Black voters and younger voters.
Maine’s race is more nationalized around Collins and Trump, with nearly 7 in 10 Jackson supporters voting mainly against Collins and abortion anger still potent after Dobbs.
Democrats hold broader structural advantages in both states: likely voters prefer Democratic Senate control, Democratic motivation outpaces Republicans’, and the party also leads in both states’ gubernatorial contests.