Senator Michael Bennet has closed the gap with Tea Bagger Ken Buck, according to a new Survey USA poll. Both are now tied at 47%.
Denver post/9 news poll
It's hard to tell if Bennet is gaining because of Buck's blame the rape victim statements, or if people are finally catching on to just how crazy the Republican party has become.
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There are a couple interesting numbers in the poll.
According to the poll, 53 percent of respondents supporting Buck are men and 53 percent of respondents supporting Bennet are women.
Also, about 40 percent of Buck's supporters are women, while 42 percent of Bennet's supporters are men.
I would expect that we could raise the number of women supporting Bennet substantially, and as new commercials run with Bucks comments about rape, I hope this number will rise as we approach the election.
Of those voters supporting Buck, for example, 45 percent had voted and 48 percent had not.
Among the Bennet supporters, 51 percent say they had already voted and 45 percent said they had not.
If both men are tied in the poll, and yet more Bennet supporters have already voted, how can you make an argument that there is an enthusiasm gap? This seems like the strongest evidence yet that the enthusiasm gap, in the hotly contested races at least, may not exist.
But we need to make sure that everyone of those 45% who haven't voted for Bennet yet, and more, get to the polls or turn in those mail-in ballots!