[SpeedyInTexas]

Lived in Colorado, only skied in Taos.

Colorado seems gone, gone, gone. Pessimist? Yep.

I think Trump could have a closer race in NM than CO.

[colorado tanker]

Trump is spending no money in Colorado. I haven't seen any ads in a long time.

On the positive side I'm seeing lots of effective Gardner ads.

[BigEdLB]

My grandparents were big in the Colorado GOP 80 years ago. Different GOP then

[Coop]

Colorado seems gone, gone, gone. Pessimist? Yep.

You are a pessimist, and I'd like to know why.

Trump lost CO by only 2.8 points (~72K votes) in 2016. Since that time the Dems have a net gain of nearly 93K active registered voters, which is disappointing. That would translate to approx. a 6-point Biden lead. However:

• Unaffiliated voters (1.5M) far outnumber Dems (1.1M) and GOPers (1.0M) [#s as of 10/1/20]
• Johnson (5.0) and McMullin (1.0) took 6% of the state's votes, to only 1.3% for Green Partier Stein. That leaves 4.7% of "hidden Trump margin" that POTUS could tap into. He'd still need improved GOP turnout, which I think he will get.

Given the turnout machine still needed to save Sen. Cory Gardner, I have hope Trump pulls an upset here. It would be helpful if Trump were spending money and making a real play for CO votes, but he doesn't need them to win the election.