He is using a study that looked at only thirty percent of the votes. If you look at the study that looked at ninety percent of the vote, you will find that drops to seventy two percent when president Biden was in office.
Not verifiableSusan Collins, at Maine U.S. Senate General Election Debate 1 (WGME)
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Why we checked itCollins is contesting a specific statistic about her voting alignment with Trump (95%) by citing an alternative study covering 90% of votes that yields a different figure (72%), and separately claiming 92% alignment with Biden. These are specific, verifiable statistical claims about voting records.
What we foundThe specific figures Collins cited — that the Jackson-used study covered only 30% of votes and that a broader study shows her Trump-era alignment falls to 72% during Biden — cannot be confirmed or refuted by available primary sources, though related data points are in the ballpark.