Posted on 10/16/2010 3:45:21 PM PDT by DestroyLiberalism
Incumbent Democrat Michael Bennet and his Republican challenger Ken Buck are in a virtual tie in Colorado’s U.S. Senate race as the candidates prepare for a nationally televised debate on Sunday.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Colorado shows Buck with 47% support to Bennet’s 45%. Four percent (4%) prefer another candidate in the race, and another four percent (4%) are still undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
These findings move the race from Leans Republican to a Toss-Up in the Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 Senate Balance of Power rankings. This is the closest the race has been in eight months of surveying.
Less than two weeks ago, Buck, a county prosecutor, held a 50% to 45% lead over Bennet, who was named to the Senate last year when Ken Salazar joined President Obama’s Cabinet. In surveys since March, Buck has earned 44% to 51% support, while backing for Bennet has ranged from 38% to 45%.
The survey of 750 Likely Voters in Colorado was conducted on October 14, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/-4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
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Donations can be made to Ken Buck’s campaign at the following web address:
https://secure.buckforcolorado.com/
The 2 candidates debate tomorrow on Meet the Press. Hopefully Buck owns Bennett and builds a bigger lead.
Add donating to Fiorina in California. Rasmussen has her down against Boxer by only 3, within the margin of error and Reuter/Ipsos has Fiorina down only by 1. We can take this one too. Fiorina has fought back from 7 points down just 2 weeks ago. Her adds are beginning to have impact, but she’ll need more of them.
Buck’s going to pull this one out
Buck was up +8 last month but has lost momentum. Charlie Cook says his campaign has been unimpressive and that is helping Bennett.
However his latest ad is terrifc and should help:
http://buckforcolorado.com/tv-ad-ignore-us
I believe we will have a clean sweep. Answering the phone about who gets your vote is not the same as getting out to vote. The dems are demoralized and unlikely to make the effort.
As long as we are able to combat fraud we should do very well.
Pray for our beloved country.
Yet another race with the Dem gaining. Winning the Senate is going to be tough, but I am confident of good gains regardless.
There have been some switches toward the GOP lately as well..here’s hoping this one goes back in Buck’s favor.
Anything lately that might be a temporary bump for Bennet?
I do think Buck can pull this out because Bennet is still only at 45.............that’s really bad for an incumbent.
with 4 percent undecided, probably enough will vote Buck for him to win, but we can’t be overly confident.
That’s good news re: the ad.
Thanks DestroyLiberalism.
I thought this one was going to go GOP for sure. How did it get close?
Dems are in full campaign mode now, pouring money into these races at near or exceeding parity with the Republicans.
Also, lots of people want them some freebies.
Many of these races will go back and forth, but I'd expect them to break one way or the other in the last week. If there is going to be a major GOP wave, we should start seeing it in the last week of polling.
Just sent another contribution — my third.
For one thing, I heard that Buck had a light campaign schedule for several weeks. Maybe he thought he could coast to victory. Now he should know better.
I think he’s going to win but this is the guy who said something not too complimentary about the Tea Party that got him there. My enthusiasm for him has dropped since then. I’d still vote for him if I could but I have reservations now if he’ll be as he advertised early on or if he’s using the movement as a means to an end. I put him in the Marco Rubio corner. They have something to prove.
I’m sure the split in the Governor race between Maes and Tancredo hasn’t helped though. Democrat’s have a reason to turn out for that race because the other side is split and it helps down ticket.
Yeah, we really can't underestimate the opposition here. Everyone should keep in mind that near 50% of the public no longer pays any federal income tax at all - those are Democratic voters and they will keep turning out to keep the gravy train rolling. As the productive people in society become more and more of a minority, we are going to have to make certain to turn out in ever greater numbers to avoid being swamped.
I just posted what we are up against. Near 50% of the population pays NO federal income taxes. Those dependent on government are closing on a majority. There is no getting around the fact that most of the non producers are Democratic voters. Not all of them will vote, but every election cycle (and combined with the growing minority vote) they have an ever more powerful advantage. The productive people in society MUST turn out in ever greater numbers to overcome this.
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