Raleigh, N.C. – Barack Obama has now built his lead in Colorado to double digits, the
newest survey of the state from Public Policy Polling finds.
Obama leads John McCain 52-42, up from a seven point advantage in a PPP Colorado
survey three weeks ago. With only 6% of voters undecided and just 6% of those with a
current preference open to changing their minds McCain is basically in a situation right
now where he will need to take every undecided voter and also every Obama supporter
willing to consider changing their mind to have any chance at winning the state.
Most of Obama’s gains over the last three weeks can be traced to the Hispanic vote.
Where his lead among those voters was previously 57-36, he has now upped it to 71-21.
The breakdown of white voters is exactly the same as it was previously, a 48-47 lead for
Obama.
“The overwhelming support Barack Obama is receiving from Hispanic voters in
Colorado, New Mexico, and Nevada is likely to flip that trio of states into the Democratic
column after they all went for George W. Bush in 2004,” said Dean Debnam, President of
Public Policy Polling. “Perhaps more significantly though, they could be the harbinger of
a long term movement toward the Democrats in the Mountain West.”
In the race for Colorado’s open US Senate seat, Democrat Mark Udall continues to enjoy
a solid lead over Bob Schaffer, 49-39. Udall has a commanding 53-28 advantage with
independent voters in the state.
PPP surveyed 1,331 likely voters from October 8th to 10th. The survey’s margin of error
is +/-2.7%. Other factors, such as refusal to be interviewed and weighting, may introduce
additional error that is more difficult to quantify.
PPP will also release polls this week in North Carolina and Missouri.
Complete results are attached and can be found at www.publicpolicypolling.com.