The latest Fox News/Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Colorado finds Barack Obama attracting 49% of the vote while John McCain earns 48%.
A week ago, a Rasmussen Reports survey found Obama with a three-point advantage. Two weeks ago, McCain had a two-point advantage in a Fox News/Rasmussen Reports poll.
The two candidates have been within three points for five consecutive polls, confirming Colorado’s status as a competitive swing state. It is also a very important state in this year’s Electoral College calculations. In many scenarios, if Obama can move this state from the Republican to the Democratic column, that will be enough to win the White House.
Obama now leads by 10 among women but trails by 11 among men. McCain leads by five among white voters but trails by more than a two-to-one margin among all other voters in the state.
Among those who say that economic issues are most important, Obama leads by a 67% to 30% margin. Among those who say national security issues are the highest priority, McCain leads 77% to 22% (crosstabs available for Premium Members). The good news for Obama is that 47% of voters consider economic issues as most important while just 24% say the same about national security.
McCain is viewed favorably by 57% of Colorado voters, Obama by 55%.
Additional state polls are released each day at 5 p.m. Eastern. The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential tracking Poll is released each morning at 9:30 Eastern.
Just one third of Colorado voters (33%) give President George W. Bush good or excellent ratings, while 48% say he is doing a poor job.
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This telephone survey of 500 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports September 28, 2008. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
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Colorado Trends: McCain vs. Obama |
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Date |
McCain |
Obama |
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11/02/2008 |
47% |
51% |
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46% |
50% |
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46% |
51% |
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45% |
52% |
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45% |
51% |
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48% |
49% |
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47% |
50% |
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48% |
46% |
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46% |
49% |
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47% |
45% |
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42% |
49% |
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41% |
43% |
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42% |
48% |
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43% |
46% |
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46% |
46% |
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39% |
46% |
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Favorable Ratings for Presidential Candidates in Colorado |
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McCain |
Obama |
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Very Favorable |
36% |
43% |
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Somewhat Favorable |
21% |
11% |
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Somewhat Unfavorable |
20% |
10% |
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Very Unfavorable |
21% |
35% |
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Not Sure |
1% |
1% |
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Rasmussen Reports - Electoral College Balance of Power Summary |
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160 |
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260 |
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118 |
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Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports, has been an independent pollster for more than a decade.
