Posted on 09/24/2008 10:13:16 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
This week in Colorado, it’s Barack Obama with a modest lead over John McCain.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds the Obama attracting 50% of the vote while McCain earns 47% (crosstabs available for Premium Members). A week ago, McCain had a two-point advantage. Over last four Colorado polls, each candidate has had a slight advantage twice and the two men have never been more than three percentage points apart.
In fact, the race in Colorado has been close since tracking began back in February, with the biggest advantage for either candidate being Obama’s 49% to 42% edge in July. Nationally, the race remains close in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll (sign up for a free daily e-mail update).
Both candidates are viewed favorably by 56% of Colorado voters, but Obama does better among unaffiliated voters.
As for the running mates, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is viewed favorably by 52%, Delaware Senator Joe Biden by 50%.
Forty-eight percent (48%) say that Palin was the right choice for McCain while 36% say that Biden was the right choice for Obama.
Eighty-five percent (85%) see Palin as politically conservative while 56% see Biden as politically liberal.
Rasmussen Reports will release other state polling on the Presidential race weeknights at 5:00 p.m. Eastern. Rasmussen Markets data shows that Obama is currently given a 64.1 % chance of winning Colorado’s nine Electoral College votes this November. At the time this poll was released, Colorado was rated as “Toss-Up” in the Rasmussen Reports Balance of Power Calculator. NOTE: Factors other than the latest Rasmussen Reports poll impact the Balance of Power ratings. The current status is indicated on the table in the upper right corner of this article.
Polling has been released this week for California, Florida, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Demographic crosstabs for all state polling data are available for Premium Members. Learn More.
Just one third of Colorado voters (33%) give President George W. Bush good or excellent ratings, while 48% say he is doing a poor job.
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True. As long as the ads run there, that should help.
I’m not worried right now. I’m suffering from poll fatigue.
What’s up with Colorado??? It used to be solid Republican. How is Obama been leading this whole time?
3 points. We can close that up!
Less than 4% of coal comes from Colorado. No idea how many jobs that translates into.
http://www.ket.org/Trips/Coal/AGSMM/agsmmwhere.html
All sounds like the McGovern/Kerry campaigns ... they were all high in the polls, even the exit polls had them winning ... there are polls and there are polls ....
Along the border with NM is where to coal is.
The counties in CO and NM that are on the border usually vote dem, union.
This may turn this time.
Play ‘em this video
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/Biden_No_coal_plants_here_in_America.html
I was just thinking that—I wonder what Kerry and Bush were at this point in time?
McCain's Spanish advertisements and firing up his "immigration reform" bandwagon again don't help him here. I don't know why he wants to undermine himself. Sarah Palin is the only reason I can tolerate voting for him and he is pushing even that.
I think that most of our coal comes from Wyoming via train.
Check Trinidad and San Isabel areas. Also, check Raton and Chama NM. It’s been a while since I was there, but the areas were producing a lot of coal.
Colorado is gone. We need to turn a blue state or this election is over.
You're full of beans.
McCain had no post-convention bounce in that state. Every poll coming out of there shows Obama 3 or more points up. I feel strongly that state is going to turn.
Thanks for the graph.
“I was just thinking that—I wonder what Kerry and Bush were at this point in time?”
I found this from September 2004. It sheds a little light on what was going on with the swing states. There’s a tiny commercial before the article appears, but it’s fast so hang in.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/29/politics/campaign/29map.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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