Fox News Poll: Bennet and Buck in Dead Heat in Colorado senate

[WI_DEM]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/10/19/fox-news-polls-track-close-races-key-states/

(several poll results)

Buck leads Bennet in the new poll by a scant 1 percent, an improvement for Bennet who trailed in the Sept. 25 survey by 4 points.

Democrats are making an all-out surge to save Bennet, who was appointed to the Senate after President Obama tapped then-Sen. Ken Salazar to lead the Department of the Interior. The contest has been judged the most expensive Senate race in the nation.

Former President Bill Clinton, who endorsed Bennet’s primary challenger Andrew Romanoff, showed up Monday for a Denver rally with the incumbent on the day that early voting began. First lady Michelle Obama appeared at a fundraiser for Bennet last Thursday.

Bennet and Buck both boast high degrees of commitment from their voters – only 5 percent of all those who expressed a preference said they were even open to considering another choice. With such firm support, the battle will be over the 4 percent who remain undecided.

In what could be an indication of trouble for Bennet, none of the undecided voters thought President Obama’s policies had helped the state’s economy. The pool of undecided voters also includes 10 percent of those who were dissatisfied or angry about the way Washington is working and only 1 percent of those who gave the federal government good marks.

The good news for Bennet is that his party’s liberal base seems to be rallying to his cause, or at least President Obama. Last month 21 percent of voters said they wanted their vote to show support for Obama. This month that number is up to 33 percent.

Obama’s overall approval rating in the state, though, remains at a sickly 40 percent.

[saltpoint]

1. Preferred Bennet's primary challenger but in the general

strongly prefer Bennet.

[backscatter712]

2. Oh yeah. Despite everything, I do like Bennet.

I was a Romanoff supporter in the primaries, but Bennet's a good guy. I've met him, he's very nice in person. I don't agree with him 100% of the time, but we can certainly work with him.

Buck's a misogynistic, homophobic sociopath. We've got to beat him by any means necessary.

[saltpoint]

8. Indeed and right-on.

:thumbsup:

[Kdillard]

3. So close hope Bennet can pull it off.. It is good that he is gaining.

[Beetwasher]

4. Bennet's Looking Really Good, He's Got The Mo And The Timing Is Right

He's gonna pull this one out.

[jefferson_dem]

5. Another poll shows this race neck and neck.

Reuters) - Republican Ken Buck has a dwindling lead over Democratic incumbent Michael Bennet, who has gained ground in Colorado's U.S. Senate race since August, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday.

Buck, a favorite of the conservative Tea Party movement, leads Bennet among likely voters by 48 percent to 45 percent. Buck led by 9 percentage points in August shortly after winning the Republican Senate nomination in a bitter primary fight.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69451X20101019

[WI_DEM]

6. this one is really going to come down to GOTV.

[David Zephyr]

7. Colorado is a Blue State. They are not fools.

Great news! K&R.