Another tight race:
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GOP Rep. Cory Gardner and Democratic Sen. Mark Udall are neck-and-neck in the NBC/Marist Colorado poll, with Gardner leading 46 percent to 45 percent. Three percent of likely voters prefer another Senate candidate, and 5 percent are undecided.
That is closer to some other recent public polling in the race: Surveys from Quinnipiac University and Suffolk University showed Gardner with a lead in the mid-to-high single digits.
Democrats say the public polls underestimate their candidate’s support, and the Udall campaign’s internal polling during the middle of last week showed the Democrat ahead by a point.
One factor Democrats point to is the Latino vote, claiming that public surveys undercount Hispanic supporters of the party. Latinos comprise 15 percent of NBC/Marist’s likely voter sample, and Udall leads them by 4 points, 48 percent to 44 percent.
In early September, NBC/Marist had Udall leading Gardner by 6 points, the Democrats’ best poll since Labor Day.
Udall has made women’s issues a focus of his campaign, and he leads among female voters by 11 points, 51 percent to 40 percent. But Gardner leads male voters by 15 points, 53 percent to 38 percent.
Gardner has worked hard to tie Udall to Obama, and the president’s approval rating in the poll is just 40 percent.
Meanwhile, Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper, seeking a second term, holds a 5-point lead over former GOP Rep. Bob Beauprez, 46 percent to 41 percent.
The poll was conducted Oct. 18-22, surveying 755 likely voters. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 percentage points.
Tight race but still winnable. The Governor's race also looks encouraging. Click here to donate and get involved Udall and Hickenlooper's campaigns so they can beat these GOP extremists:
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