Here are the latest results from the Colorado poll by Public Opinion Strategies Rocky Mountain News published on USAElectionPolls.com:
There were 500 voters polled on 10/21-23.
| Public Opinion Strategies Rocky Mountain News Date: 10/21-23 Colorado Added: 10/25/08 |
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| Barack Obama | 52% |
| John McCain | 40% |
Quote:
"Clearly, the beginning of October is not a happy time in American history, and voters are sort of internalizing the financial crisis," said pollster Lori Weigel.Since early August, when Colorado independents were almost evenly split between the two presidential candidates, Obama has opened up a more than 2-to-1 advantage in that pivotal voting group, the poll found.
In the latest survey, only 11 percent of Coloradans said the country was heading in the right direction, while 83 percent said it was on the wrong track.
At a time when Republicans control the White House, that pessimism has created a steep climb for Sen. John McCain, who is now struggling to stay competitive in Colorado and several other states that President Bush carried in 2004.
"You've got a difficult war. You've got now a very, very pessimistic electorate that's laser-focused on the economy as an issue," Weigel said. "There are plenty of campaigns that have had to run uphill. This is not running uphill. This is downhill skiing uphill."
Source: Current Polls, Electoral College Results
