Presidential Polls in Colorado

Polls, polls and more polls. Everyone takes a poll. Some of the most popular are Rasmussen, Gallup and RealClearPolitics. Presidential polls in Colorado change everyday. Polls taken on August 26th will have different results than one taken today. For example, on Pollster.com a poll was shown taken on Aug 26th that McCain was 42.9% and Obama was at 44.7%.

On RealClearPolitics.com they showed an interactive chart where on Sept 4th Obama was at 45.20 % and McCain at 44.80 %. As you can see on Aug 26th Obama was ahead of McCain by close to 2 percent. Today that lead has shrunk to four tenths of a percent.

Presidential polls in Colorado show that this race is in a virtual dead heat. RealClearPolitics.com show nationally Obama 48.8% and McCain at 43%. The national polls reflect a 5.8 lead for Obama. Denver, Colorado, had the Democratic National Convention and it was anticipated that having the convention there would increase the chances that this state's electoral votes could be won for the Democratic candidate.

According to these polls, this plan is not generating the anticipated results. The Democratic convention bump was not seen in Colorado. It will be interesting to see if a convention bump is generated after the Republican National Convention is over.

Presidential polls in Colorado have been interesting. However, poll results will not affect me in how I am going to vote in the presidential election. I am an unaffiliated voter. We exceed the number of registered Republican voters and Democratic voters. The sum of the two parties does exceed the number of unaffiliated voters though. I would speculate that is why the presidential polls in Colorado are at a dead heat.

The candidates have been advertising on TV very heavily in the Denver Metro area. I do not recall seeing as much political advertising as I am seeing this year. It is almost sixty days before the election. What is it going to be like as the election gets closer? The presidential polls in Colorado may determine the amount of campaigning done here. If the polls remain tight I am sure we can expect to see an increase in campaign advertising.