August 27, 2008
Posted: 04:02 PM ET
From CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser DENVER (CNN) — New polls indicate Barack Obama has opened up a double digit lead over John McCain in New Mexico, while the battle for the Colorado is a dead heat between the two presidential candidates. A CNN/Time/Opinion Research Corporation Poll out Wednesday has the Illinois senator up 13 points in New Mexico, 53 to 40 percent. The state has had two close calls in the past two elections, with former Vice President Al Gore slipping past George W. Bush in 2000 there and President Bush edging out Sen. John Kerry for years ago. It’s a different story in Colorado — the state where the Democrats are holding their national convention this week. On the eve of Obama’s presidential acceptance speech in Denver, the poll suggests McCain has 47 percent to 46 percent advantage over Obama. But taking into account the survey’s sampling error, that race there is a statistical dead heat. Bush won Colorado by 8 points in 2000 and by 5 points in four years ago.
Holland notes that the poll indicates a huge gender gap in Colorado, with 55 percnet of women going for Obama and 55 of men picking McCain. CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser Filed under: Barack Obama John McCain |
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