Tag: Polling

Increasing his lead from a single point a week ago, Barack Obama now leads John McCain among likely voters in Colorado by 6 points, according to a Rasmussen poll released Monday. The survey, conducted Sunday, shows Obama ahead 51 percent to 46 percent for McCain. At the same time, Rasmussen moved the state from "Toss-Up" to "Leans Democratic" in its Balance of Power tally, which is based on factors in addition to the latest surveys.

A TV ad tying Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to the "savagery" of gunning down wolves from low-flying airplanes began airing on Denver broadcast stations Wednesday, Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund announced. The commercial scored higher than any other recent ad swaying voters toward the Democratic ticket, according to an independent focus group study, and has raised more than $1 million for the wildlife advocacy group.

A statewide poll released Wednesday has presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain neck-and-neck in Colorado but shows Senate candidate Mark Udall 7 points ahead of Bob Schaffer, including a 21-point advantage on the Western Slope.

A poll that surveys voters in 10 key swing states, including Colorado, has Barack Obama surging into a double-digit lead over John McCain this week, according to an "early look" teased Tuesday afternoon.

Barack Obama is making inroads among white evangelical Christians under 30 — still losing the group to John McCain but by a smaller margin than among older evangelicals — according to a poll released Monday. The Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research Inc. survey also found a clear majority of evangelicals under 30 support civil unions or marriage for same-sex couples.

I've found a few very good polls on Barack Obama and John McCain's first debate, and they all say the same thing: Obama handily beat McCain. CBS: 39 percent for Obama and 24 percent for McCain. CNN: 51-38. USA Today/Gallup: 46-34. But as usual the top line numbers only tell part of the story.

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Barack Obama leads John McCain by 10 points, 51-41, among Colorado voters, according to an Insider Advantage/Poll Position survey released Thursday. Other recent polls of Colorado voters have shown a much closer race.

Everyone is talking about polls. Fair enough. We are finally in the season when, to some minor extent, polls can be consulted for a sense about where this seemingly very tight race for the presidency is headed. So let's get clear about some basics:

A Public Policy Polling survey released Thursday shows Barack Obama maintaining a single-point lead over John McCain in Colorado, down from a 4-point lead in two previous surveys. The poll also shows McCain running mate Sarah Palin swaying male voters to the Republican ticket even though her effect on the contest is basically a wash.

Fresh polling that shows Rep. Mark Udall leading his Republican opponent former Rep. Bob Schaffer was released today. The poll, commissioned by CBS4 Denver and...