CO-Quinnipiac: Sen. Bennet (D) down in early look

[Tender Branson]

Colorado

In an early look at the 2016 U.S. Senate race in Colorado, U.S. Rep. Michael Coffman, a Republican, runs better than his wife, State Attorney General Cynthia Coffman, against Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet. Matchups show:

    Michael Coffman gets 43 percent to Bennet's 40 percent.
    Bennet leads Cynthia Coffman 44 - 36 percent.

Colorado voters approve 46 - 29 percent of the job Bennet is doing and give him a 40 - 27 percent favorability rating. Michael Coffman gets a 30 - 23 percent favorability rating, with 47 percent who haven't heard enough about him to form an opinion.

For Cynthia Coffman, 75 percent haven't heard enough to form an opinion.

Voters approve 46 - 31 percent of the job U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner is doing.

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-university-poll/2016-presidential-swing-state-polls/release-detail?ReleaseID=2186

[Tender Branson]

A bit strange that Bennet is down with his relatively solid favorable (+13) and approval ratings (+17), while Coffman is only +7.

Also, how is it possible for Cynthia Coffman to be elected State Attorney General and only have a 25% name recognition ?

[Tender Branson]

Does Quinnipiac have a history of being bad pollsters in CO? I seem to remember them being terrible at polling there.

Yes they have.
How does it make sense that 46% approve Bennett but only 43% would vote for him? Most senators would kill to have +17 approval ratings.

It'd odd, but stuff like this happens:

In 2006, Lincoln Chafee lost his Senate seat in RI - despite having a 65% approval rating in the exit poll.