Rep. Golden's op-ed sends political shockwaves, but also fits campaign style

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : With Trump and Biden again at the top of the ballot in November, it's clear Golden needs support from some Trump voters to hold his seat.
59% : Because Maine awards two of its four electoral votes by congressional district, Biden captured three electoral votes, two for winning statewide and one for his win in the 1st District, and Trump came away with one.
31% : The New York Times reported Wednesday that Biden admitted to an ally that he was considering leaving the race if he felt like he couldn't defeat Trump.
24% : While President Biden, a Democrat, defeated his Republican predecessor in Maine in 2020, 53% to 44%, Trump won in Golden's more conservative 2nd District, 52% to 45%, four years ago.
19% : "The truth, I think, is that Biden is going to lose to Trump," Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a Washington Democrat, told an ABC-affiliated television station, according to the Associated Press.
7% : Duff said Golden knows that many of the voters in the 2nd District either voted for Trump in 2020 or are sympathetic toward the former president, so "he's definitely going to be soft on Trump.

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