A [[Salon]] article was published on May 28, 2020 citing a [https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/20200528_ME.pdf poll] which had "concluded" that [[Susan Collins]] was trailing [[Sara Gideon]] by nine points in the [[United States Senate election in Maine, 2020|2020 Maine Senate race]].<ref>[https://www.salon.com/2020/05/28/aligned-with-radical-president-susan-collins-trails-likely-democratic-challenger-by-nine-points_partner/ Aligned with "radical president," Susan Collins trails likely Democratic challenger by nine points]</ref> According to a thorough analysis by Sen. Collins' campaign website, the firm had nearly no previous history of campaign polling, the poll was commissioned by [[far-left]]ists, and the leaders of the commissioner had suspiciously close ties to [[Democrat]] primary challenger Betsy Sweet, whom the poll claimed was leading Collins by 1% despite having spent a relatively very low amount of money for her campaign.<ref>[https://www.susancollins.com/fake_poll_alert FAKE POLL ALERT: GIDEON & ALLIES PUSHING MAKE-BELIEVE POLL FROM ILLINOIS BILLBOARD/SELF-STORAGE COMPANY]</ref> | A [[Salon]] article was published on May 28, 2020 citing a [https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/20200528_ME.pdf poll] which had "concluded" that [[Susan Collins]] was trailing [[Sara Gideon]] by nine points in the [[United States Senate election in Maine, 2020|2020 Maine Senate race]].<ref>[https://www.salon.com/2020/05/28/aligned-with-radical-president-susan-collins-trails-likely-democratic-challenger-by-nine-points_partner/ Aligned with "radical president," Susan Collins trails likely Democratic challenger by nine points]</ref> According to a thorough analysis by Sen. Collins' campaign website, the firm had nearly no previous history of campaign polling, the poll was commissioned by [[far-left]]ists, and the leaders of the commissioner had suspiciously close ties to [[Democrat]] primary challenger Betsy Sweet, whom the poll claimed was leading Collins by 1% despite having spent a relatively very low amount of money for her campaign.<ref>[https://www.susancollins.com/fake_poll_alert FAKE POLL ALERT: GIDEON & ALLIES PUSHING MAKE-BELIEVE POLL FROM ILLINOIS BILLBOARD/SELF-STORAGE COMPANY]</ref> |