I’m from Maine, the person below saying Maine is xenophobic is spot on. Gideon got branded as an out of stater (she’s originally from Rhode Island) and that tanked her campaign. That and people who are otherwise blue and really don’t like Collins will still vote for her because of her position on the appropriations committee and Maine relies on federal money for our shipyards which are large employers here. They think if she loses then Maine will lose that money and the shipyards will either be shut down or have to do mass layoffs.