… While national data are helpful for understanding the broad contours of how immigration politics and policy are likely to matter next November, the uneven distribution of Latino voters across the states means that these effects can be either more-or-less pronounced depending upon the size of the Latino electorate and […] Read more »
Where Marco Rubio Has the Best Chance to Win
Can Marco Rubio win a state on Super Tuesday? It’s not an especially high bar — after all, there are 12 for him to choose from. But he hasn’t won a state yet, and a win would quell the complaints that he hasn’t. The good news for him is that […] Read more »
Separating Rhetoric from Reality When it Comes to Mountain West Voters’ Support for National Public Lands
Against an uptick in anti-public lands rhetoric from militant extremists, a new Colorado College State of the Rockies Project Conservation in the West Poll released today revealed strong public support for efforts to protect and maintain national public lands. The poll surveyed the views of voters in seven Mountain West […] Read more »
Senate majority within reach for Democrats
A major new survey in four U.S. Senate battleground states shows that Democrats are within striking distance of the majority in 2016. Democratic candidates are 6 points up in Colorado (Democratic hold), 5 points ahead of a Republican incumbent in Wisconsin (a Democratic pick up) and knotted in Ohio and […] Read more »
The Appeal of Ben Carson
Ben Carson took the lead in a poll of Republican primary voters this week, edging out Donald J. Trump for the first time in months. Voters in Colorado discuss the appeal of the retired neurosurgeon. New York Times Read more »
Why is Hillary Clinton viewed so unfavorably in early primary states?
Recent surveys suggest that Hillary Clinton may be more reliant on the non-white vote in November 2016 than you might have assumed. A poll released Sunday from NBC/Marist reinforces one from last week by Quinnipiac University that found her to be as unpopular as Donald Trump in key swing states. […] Read more »