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Text Message Sent to Supporters of Graham Platner's Maine Senate Campaign
“PLATNER SUSPENDS SENATE BID IN MAINE AMID NEW ALLEGATIONS”
“TENS OF THOUSANDS STILL MISSING AFTER LAST MONTH'S EARTHQUAKES IN EARTHQUAKE-DEVASTATED AREAS”
“GRAHAM PLATNER: 'SUSPENDING CAMPAIGN OPERATIONS'”
“GRAHAM PLATNER: SUSPENDING CAMPAIGN OPERATIONS”
Where the room stands
Topic poll · all networksShould political campaigns be allowed to text supporters directly?
Maine was the 1st U.S. state to use ranked-choice voting statewide!
Maine voters approved ranked-choice voting in a 2016 ballot initiative. In 2018, Maine became the first state to use it in a federal congressional election, changing how campaigns must build voter support.
Topic poll · all networksWhen a U.S. candidate suspends a campaign, what happens to leftover funds?
- Returned to all donors
- Transferred to party committees
- Kept in a campaign account
- Donated to the U.S. Treasury
Guess, then reveal the answer
Kept in a campaign account
Maine is the only state using ranked-choice voting statewide!
Adopted by Maine voters in 2016, RCV lets voters rank candidates by preference — meaning a dropout like Platner can shift crucial second-choice votes to remaining contenders.
Topic poll · all networksWhat will decide Graham Platner's Maine Senate race?
Topic poll · all networksWhy do you think Platner suspended his campaign operations?
Topic poll · all networksMaine was the first U.S. state to use ranked-choice voting in a Senate race — what year?
- 2014
- 2016
- 2018
- 2020
Guess, then reveal the answer
2018
"Suspending" a campaign legally differs from dropping out!
When candidates "suspend" rather than "end" their campaign, they can legally keep raising money to pay off debts and retain any delegates won — a distinction codified in FEC rules used since the 1970s reform era.
Maine's State Senate has only 35 members — one of the smallest in the U.S.!
With just 35 seats, each Maine Senate race carries enormous weight — a single suspended campaign can shift the balance of power. Learn more at Wikipedia
Topic poll · all networksHow many political text messages were sent to U.S. voters in the 2022 midterms?
- Under 1 billion
- About 6 billion
- Around 15 billion
- Over 30 billion
Guess, then reveal the answer
About 6 billion
Topic poll · all networksShould political campaigns be allowed to text supporters without prior opt-in?
6 billion political texts were sent during the 2020 U.S. election!
Political SMS campaigns surged after the 2018 midterms, when ~1B texts were sent. Campaigns favor texting because open rates exceed 90%, far outpacing email's ~20% average open rate.
The story so far
Text Message Sent to Supporters of Graham Platner's Maine Senate Campaign
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