Strimling & Harriman on recent polls and a re-election bid | News

(NEWS CENTER) - The first poll to be taken since Maine's primary elections is out and it provides and interesting snapshot of where voters are leaning.

WBUR radio conducted a poll, asking 506 voters about their preferences in the U.S. Senate race in Maine.

The results:

• Angus King (I) - 50%
• Charlie Summers (R) - 23%
• Cynthia Dill (D) - 9%

The same poll also asked whether Mainers support legalizing same sex marriage. 

The results

• Support - 55%
• Oppose - 36%

Political Analysts Ethan Strimling and Phil Harriman discuss those numbers plus a recent battle between the chair of the Maine Democratic Party and Alex Cornell du Houx, a lawmaker from Brunswick who was ordered to avoid his ex-girlfriend by a court. The order has since been dropped.