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Poll shows Hickenlooper winning big, Senate in a dead heat

By | 10.25.10 | 9:29 am

A poll conducted last week by 9NEWS and the Denver Post shows the Senate race between incumbent Democrat Michael Bennet and Republican challenger Ken Buck to be a tie, with 47 percent saying they will vote for each of…

Tancredo unleashes hounds of hell

By | 09.30.10 | 11:21 am

American Constitution Party gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo Wednesday unleashed the hounds, first on Democrat John Hickenlooper and then on hapless Republican Dan Maes. First, Tancredo released this video of Marat Kudlis talking about an automobile accident caused by an illegal immigrant in which Kudlis’ son was killed.

Buck still leading Bennet

By | 09.23.10 | 12:05 pm

Colorado’s U.S. Senate race between Republican challenger Ken Buck and appointed Democratic incumbent Micahel Bennet continues to be close. The latest CNN/Time/Opinion Research poll of just over 1500 likely voters shows Buck leading 49 percent to 44 percent.

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Poll: Maes fading fast; Hickenlooper maintains strong lead

By | 09.23.10 | 10:28 am

Is GOP candidate for governor Dan Maes a closet Hickenlooper supporter? As he continues to struggle, his Democratic rival, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper continues to make gains in a race that also features the insurgent run being made by former…

The long march of gay marriage

By | 08.12.10 | 9:05 am

Gay marriage advocates may have lost a number of battles at the ballot box this past year, but it appears they’re winning the war. Nate Silver reports that American opinion on the matter is equally divided and has trended…

Gallup: Country so far split on health reform

By | 03.29.10 | 6:30 pm

The media and politicos have been dwelling obsessively on polling around the health reform legislation. For now, though, the data is fairly inconclusive. The popularity of reform rose in the days after it passed; it’s dipped a little in the…

Udall steamrolls Schaffer by 13 points in Rocky-CBS4 poll

By | 10.27.08 | 7:25 am

Democrat Mark Udall leads Republican Bob Schaffer 51 percent to 38 percent in the race for Colorado’s open Senate seat, amassing winning margins among both sexes and all ages in a Rocky Mountain News-CBS4 poll released Sunday night. Udall trounces Schaffer among the state’s unaffiliated voters — 62 percent to 20 percent — surpassing Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama’s 58 percent support among the group, according to the same news organizations’ poll released late last week.

Poll Shows a Democratic Populist Revival

By | 11.12.06 | 11:27 pm

Democratic victories in the 2006 Congressional elections were part of a wave of grassroots populism, according to Robert Borosage, Co-director of Campaign for America’s Future.  His remarks, made at a CAF event at the National Press Club Thursday on the…

Bush Approval In Colorado 39%

By | 10.17.06 | 5:09 pm

A new Survey USA/KUSA poll shows President Bush’s approval rating at 39%.  Last month it was 41%.  None of the previous seventeen monthly polls from Survey USA/KUSA have shown the President with approval ratings any higher than 45%. …

Western Slope Turning Purple?

By | 09.21.06 | 12:24 am

US Rep. John Salazar is still holding a comfortable lead in the Third Congressional District, according to a recent poll conducted by SurveyUSA and the prediction is that Salazar will hold his seat in 2006. What is interesting in this…