Poll says Colorado in play for presidential election [View All]

[Judi Lynn]

Poll says Colorado in play for presidential election
posted by: Dan Werner (KUSA Web Intern)
Created: 6/27/2004 3:33 PM MDT - Updated: 6/27/2004 3:39 PM MDT


DENVER - Democrat John Kerry is within striking distance of President Bush in Colorado - a state that tends to vote Republican in presidential elections.

While Kerry is trailing Bush by 5 percentage points in the state, according to a Denver Post poll, the slim margin reveals more about the president than his rival.

"This election is about the incumbent. Voters are asking, 'How is his performance? Does he deserve to be rehired?"' said Larry Harris, a director of Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc., which conducted the poll. "Right now, it looks like Bush is vulnerable in Colorado, and that spells opportunity for Kerry."

Bush is leading the state with 48 percent, while Kerry has support from 43 percent.

Six percent of those polled were undecided - enough to tip the election. Of those undecided, more were independents, without formal party ties, than Republicans or Democrats.
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