CO-Quinnipiac: Republicans ahead of Hillary/Biden

[Tender Branson]

44-41 Christie/Clinton
46-45 Rubio/Clinton

48-32 Christie/Biden
48-35 Rubio/Biden

Favorables:

49-17 Christie
39-22 Rubio
53-44 Clinton
39-49 Biden

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43-54

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/colorado/release-detail?ReleaseID=1908

[Tender Branson]

Ughh, Biden ...

...

Biden is a nice guy, but for electoral reasons I don't really want him to run in 2016.

On the other hand, Biden is a guy who could likely erase a 20-point deficit with a funny quote or something ...

[Tender Branson]

This confirms the PPP result, at least in that Clinton does worse in CO than in any of the traditional swing states they've polled.  Are you ready for a retro-90s map in which Clinton does better in Arkansas and Kentucky than she does in Colorado and Virginia?

Hillary has certainly fallen back in KY during the last weeks too. Still she would do considerably better there than Obama (maybe trail the Republicans, especially Paul, there by 5 now after PPP has shown a tie there recently ?)

VA has evolved since the 90s. I think Hillary does well there, compared with Bill's VA result. I think she would do better in VA than in KY.

AR is a special case, I would like to see some polls from there. Hillary has always polled very high there.

[Tender Branson]

Yup. Obama was suppose to lose Colorado last year according to Quinnipiac.

That poll was done right after the 1st presidential debate, in which Obama sucked.

The debate was on Oct. 3 and the poll was done Oct. 4-9.

Besides, a poll done a month before the election does not say much.

Quinnipiac's final polls in other states were very good.

[Tender Branson]

Yup. Obama was suppose to lose Colorado last year according to Quinnipiac.

That poll was done right after the 1st presidential debate, in which Obama sucked.

The debate was on Oct. 3 and the poll was done Oct. 4-9.

Besides, a poll done a month before the election does not say much.

Quinnipiac's final polls in other states were very good.

Quinnipiac has also been releasing some questionable polls like Tancredo tied with Hickenlooper.

No, Quinnipiac didn't poll Colorado in 2010.

They only polled there during the 2008 and 2012 Presidential races as part of a swing state series and this poll here is their first regular CO poll.

[Tender Branson]

Yup. Obama was suppose to lose Colorado last year according to Quinnipiac.

That poll was done right after the 1st presidential debate, in which Obama sucked.

The debate was on Oct. 3 and the poll was done Oct. 4-9.

Besides, a poll done a month before the election does not say much.

Quinnipiac's final polls in other states were very good.

Quinnipiac has also been releasing some questionable polls like Tancredo tied with Hickenlooper.

No, Quinnipiac didn't poll Colorado in 2010.

They only polled there during the 2008 and 2012 Presidential races as part of a swing state series and this poll here is their first regular CO poll.

No. I mean yesterday: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/06/13/poll-tancredo-neck-and-neck-with-hickenlooper/

Why do you think this is questionable ?

The CO legislature just approved a series of liberal and sometimes polarizing measures.

And Hickenlooper basically ended the death penalty during his term, something that is opposed by ca. 7/10 Colorado voters.

That could easily lead to a tie in the Gov. race right now.