Brewer, Glover interviewed for BDN report on primary election
The Bangor Daily News interviewed Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, and Rob Glover, an associate professor of political science at UMaine, for a report on Maine’s primary election June 12. Focusing on the Democratic candidates for House Representative in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, the report presents several perspectives on strategies for Democrats to regain the seat and the political influence that comes with it. Voters in the district tend to lean libertarian and vote based on issues over party lines, and this is where the candidates should focus their efforts, the article states. The upcoming vote also appears to go beyond the candidates running. “He’s the head Republican who’s not on the ticket but is certainly on the minds of everyone,” Brewer said of President Donald Trump and the role he plays in voters’ decision-making. “To say where you stand in relation to this president, that could be used as a tool to potentially energize Democrats … Calling Poliquin to account for degeneration of discourse at the state and national level will be key,” said Glover. “The fact that he’s continued to win with continued support might just be a statement of tribalism in American politics.”