Jul 25, 2008 6:38 am US/Mountain
McCain, Obama Close In Latest Colorado Polls
DENVER (AP/CBS4) ―
The latest polls of voters in Colorado show John McCain and Barack Obama in a tight race. McCain leads in one poll while Obama is tops in the other.
The Keith Frederick poll of 700 Colorado voters release Thursday afternoon showed Obama with 45 percent and McCain with 41 percent. Fourteen percent were undecided.
In the Senate race, Congressman Mark Udall received support from 48 percent of those surveyed, with 39 percent saying they support former Congressman Bob Schaffer, and 15 percent undecided.
The Keith Frederick poll had a margin of error of 3.7 percent.
In the Quinnipiac University poll, McCain had 46 percent with Obama reregistering 44 percent.
Obama led McCain by 5 percentage points in the same poll taken last month.
McCain holds a solid lead among men -- 55 to 37 percent -- but women lean toward Obama, 50 to 39 percent.
Whites back McCain by 10 points while nearly six in 10 Hispanics prefer Obama.
Voters over age 55 favor McCain, while those younger tilt toward Obama.
The two split voters ages 34 to 54. When it comes to their preference of first lady, more respondents say Cindy McCain fits the profile than Michelle Obama -- 37 to 27 percent.
Voters are divided on which White House hopeful has the best energy policy, with 34 percent undecided.
The Quinnipiac University poll, taken for The Wall Street Journal and washingtonpost.com, was conducted July 14-22. It involved telephone interviews with 1,425 likely Colorado voters, with a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 2.6 percentage points.
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