By Christian P. Potholm
This wonderful online game deals a special close-up exam of seminal U.S. Senate, U.S. apartment, and gubernatorial elections--and one referendum vote--in Maine. Potholm focuses specifically at the dynamics of applicants' and teams' use of polling and the media.
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On June 21, she received 63,786 voters, more than all Chapter 2 26 her opponents combined. She won outright 13 of Maine’s 16 counties, losing only Aroostook and Hancock to Hildreth and Sagadahoc to Sewall: The final tallies Smith Hildreth Sewall Beverage 63,786 30,949 21,768 6,399 And of great relevance for her general election chances, Smith ran up impressive margins among Republican voters in the working class Franco American areas. This showing presaged her very strong showing (for a Republican) in such Democratic bastions as Lewiston, Westbrook, Waterville, Sanford, and Saco.
Although Republican enrollment figures favored her, she continued to canvass the entire state, working long and hard hours. Her opponent, Adrian Scolten, a Portland dermatologist, had run unopposed. He ran a lackluster campaign that seemed at a loss for both issues and spark. The momentum Smith had developed in her crushing primary victory simply continued unabated through the general election. Lacking funds, cutting issues, and much in the way of name recognition, Scolten ran an epigonic, almost distant campaign.
She claimed no special status for herself based on her sex, but she insisted that her sex should not disqualify her from any political position. The 1940s 27 2. Her hard work on the campaign trail. No candidate, male or female, in Maine political history ever worked harder or longer hours to achieve her or his political position. 3. Her excellent positioning on the issues. Her record became her defense. She turned attacks on her record around. ” 4. She was the Republican with a heart, a Republican with a blue collar background who understood working men and women and their plight and she was also against higher taxes, for more ”efficiency” in government.