… After years of gains propelled by shifting demographics and voter attitudes, Democrats now control the state legislature and the governor’s mansion, and make up most of Colorado’s Congressional delegation. But state officials said that the recalls showed how Colorado’s political pendulum could still swing in surprising directions, and that […] Read more »
Nate Silver vs. Public Policy Polling
Data modeling whiz Nate Silver and automated pollster Public Policy Polling lit up the Twitter-sphere this afternoon — or at least the polling/political nerd section of it. At issue was the prolific Democratic pollster’s decision, disclosed Wednesday, not to publish the results of a poll on the Colorado state Senate […] Read more »
Guns, gays, drugs and taxes in Colorado
… Long a swing state, Colorado has lately leaned to the left …. Voters remain split roughly evenly between Democrats, Republicans and “unaffiliated”. Despite this the two parties are further apart in Colorado than anywhere else bar California, according to Boris Shor, a political scientist at the University of Chicago. […] Read more »
The Hispanic Challenge and Opportunity for Republicans
Resurgent Republic and the Hispanic Leadership Network jointly surveyed Hispanics who voted in the 2012 Presidential election in four critical states: Florida, Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico. The results make clear the size of the hole Republicans have dug among Hispanic voters over the past eight years. At a time […] Read more »
The Sea-Change in Colorado
… The election eve polls conducted by Latino Decisions indicated that almost 87% of Colorado Latinos … supported Obama in Colorado and 88% supported the Democrat in Congressional elections. Those numbers are staggering. Combine this overwhelming support for Democrats with what The Pew Center estimates as 14% of the electorate […] Read more »
Obama, Romney tied in Co., incumbent has narrow Nev. edge
The race between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney is locked in a dead heat in Colorado, while the president maintains a narrow edge in the other Western swing state of Nevada. Obama and Romney are tied at 48 percent among likely voters in Colorado, according to the […] Read more »