fivethirtyeight.com - 8/17/2008
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Colorado polls had for some months shown a small but consistent lead for Barack Obama, but his advantage there appears to be gone. A new poll from the Rocky Mountain News shows John McCain with a 44-41 lead. McCain now holds the lead in three current polls of Colorado: Rasmussen, Quinnipiac, and this Rocky Mountain News poll, while Obama holds the lead in two others -- Frederick and Public ...
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In Colorado, it’s like oil and water
The Moderate Voice —
... and 538.com, showed Obama’s previous slim but steady lead in the Centennial State evaporating in the latest polls to a virtual tie. (A couple of polls now show McCain with a slight lead, while 538’s cumulative analysis has Obama up by less than 1%.) Bob Barr is pulling 2% and Ralph Nader gets 1%, so third party candidates are thus far not having a large impact. ...
In Colorado, it’s like oil and water
The Moderate Voice —
... and 538.com, showed Obama’s previous slim but steady lead in the Centennial State evaporating in the latest polls to a virtual tie. (A couple of polls now show McCain with a slight lead, while 538’s cumulative analysis has Obama up by less than 1%.) Bob Barr is pulling 2% and Ralph Nader gets 1%, so third party candidates are thus far not having a large impact. ...
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