CO: Rasmussen: Hickenlooper's (D) lead falls to 8; Maes's (R) support crumbles

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

New Poll: Colorado Governor by Rasmussen on 2010-10-16

Summary: D: 43%, R: 16%, I: 35%, U: 5%

Poll Source URL: Full Poll Details

[Eraserhead]

51% of the Colorado midterm electorate is opting for one crazy right-winger or another... good thing their indecision will likely still be enough to save them from themselves.

[Capitan Zapp Brannigan]

Republicans blew a huge opportunity in this race. I do wonder how a Hickenlooper vs Tancredo race would go if Maes dropped out.. I always got the feeling that Tancredo was far too out of the mainstream to win a race like that, but in this year who knows.

[You kip if you want to...]

If Hickenlooper loses this... it'd be almost as outragously silly as his name.

[Sam Spade]

Today's Rasmussen - Hickenlooper 42, Tancredo 38, Maes 12

[Keystone Phil]

Wow. I'm not a Tancredo fan but if he won this, it would be hilarious.

[CatoMinor]

Is Tancredo winning a plurality of indies?

[Sam Spade]

Is Tancredo winning a plurality of indies?

Yes.

[Oakvale]

Good God.

[You kip if you want to...]

Today's Rasmussen - Hickenlooper 42, Tancredo 38, Maes 12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tim5nU3DwIE#t=19s

[feeblepizza]

Tancredo could very well carry this away.

[Dgov]

. . .  Well, this is a surprise.

But still, it's a Ras poll that shows the Democrat up 4 points 3 weeks before an election, so it's not like Hickenlooper isn't still favored to win.

Though i will admit that this is hilarious.  Democrats really can't count on anything anymore, can they?  Even a ticket-split looks like it's going to be a close race.

[DrScholl]

It's Rasmussen, so it's no surprise that they would have Tancredo closer. Hickenlooper will win.

[Meeker]

Terrifying if true.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Republicans wanted Maes to drop out, but that may not help Tancredo much. Maes is so irrelevant at this point, that you have to figure anyone still supporting him is either a hardcore partisan or otherwise can't stand Tancredo.

[they don't love you like i love you]

I really don't see how anyone could possibly vote for both Obama and then Tancredo or Maes.

[Eraserhead]

I really don't see how anyone could possibly vote for both Obama and then Tancredo or Maes.

I doubt anybody really is. It's just that it's mostly McCain people turning out this year.

[they don't love you like i love you]

Meh, probably. I was going to say the same thing about Buck except I can sort of understand that among some dumb Moderate Hero types, Buck is very conservative but he's certainly on the sane end of the teabagger types with him telling the birthers to shut up and isn't quite as out there as people like O'Donnell, Angle and yes Maes and Tancredo. Granted that says a lot more about the current state of the Republican Party than it does about Buck.

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

I wonder if Scott is intentionally skewing his numbers on this one...

[they don't love you like i love you]

I'm pretty sure the national Republicans do not want Tancredo elected. That is probably the worst possible outcome for them. The RNC probably wants Hickenlooper to win stronger than the DGA.

[Dgov]

I really don't see how anyone could possibly vote for both Obama and then Tancredo or Maes.

I doubt anybody really is. It's just that it's mostly McCain people turning out this year.

I think PPP"s likely voter model suggested roughly even McCain/Obama voters

[tpfkaw]

It's Rasmussen, so it's no surprise that they would have Tancredo closer. Hickenlooper will win.

Too bad your sentiments aren't backed by facts. Rasmussen essentially nailed the 2004 and 2008 election results whereas Gallup was wildly off in 2008.

Was Gallup the one that thought Michigan was a swing state for most of the election?

[California8429]

The race would be this close if there were only one conservative in the race. Tancredo is winning independent votes. I will laugh if he wins. Seeing him talking, and at debates. How could ANY lunatic think he is presentable to be Governor?