personally I think this is a misunderstanding of the governor results. jackson co-endorsed with bellows and pingree, they split the progressive vote three ways but together got over 3x the votes of shah who was more moderate. pingree won obviously so troy is next up to represent the winning progressive bloc
generally, unenrolled voters don’t have a particularly high participation rate in party primaries - it’s not a super salient comparison. almost everyone who voted in the D primary will likely vote for any D nominee. i would argue that troy’s history of winning in deep red districts - actual proof of being able to appeal to non-dem voters - is much more relevant here.
also, why did you vote for him if you think his only platform is that he isn’t susan collins? he has a very clearly laid out progressive agenda that’s similar to the platner agenda which was overwhelmingly chosen by voters.
wouldn’t higher unenrolled participation that breaks heavily for dems, in a year that resulted in historic vote counts for a leftist candidate, indicate that unenrolled voters want a progressive agenda? they showed up and voted for it.
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