According to a new PPP poll of the Colorado gubernatorial race, things are looking good for Democrat John Hickenlooper… and really, really bad for Republican Dan Maes.
The survey shows Hickenlooper with a comfortable lead, ahead of third-party candidate Tom Tancredo by 14 points and up a seemingly insurmountable 34 points on Maes. Through the last month, Tancredo has steadily increased his polling numbers, while Maes has fallen into a downward spiral. When PPP looked at the race in early August, Maes was on top of Tancredo– through Hickenlooper still led big with 48%, to Maes’s 23% and Tancredo’s 22%.
The 47%-33%-13% result produced by today’s survey echos other recent polls’ findings: an October 3 Rasmussen survey had the contest at 43%-35%-16% (with Hickenlooper on top, Tancredo next, and Maes trailing both candidates), while a September 30 SurveyUSA poll showed a similar 46%-34%-15% result.
The TPM Poll Average shows Hickenlooper leading Tancredo and Maes, 46.1%-34.7%-14.5%. The margin of error for the latest survey is ±3.4 percentage points.
