July 13, 2010 07:49 PM UTC

New poll shows Buck/Norton expand lead over Bennet; Romanoff makes some gains against either

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• by: MikeD1970

A new poll out this morning shows that Ken Buck is expanding his lead against Michael Bennet in a hypothetical matchup.  If Buck and Bennet are the nominees, Buck is nearing the 50% mark and keeping Bennet below 40%.

A hypothetical with Romanoff shows Buck with a significantly smaller lead, .5% outside the margin of error (with a 4.5% MoE).

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Colorado finds Buck earning 48% support against incumbent Democratic Senator Michael Bennett who gets 39% of the vote.

If former House Speaker Andrew Romanoff is his Democratic opponent, Buck leads by a narrower 47% to 42% margin.

A month ago, Buck posted a 46% to 41% lead over Bennet and a 45% to 39% lead over Romanoff.

Here are the raw numbers:

Buck v Bennet     48-39

Buck v Romanoff   47-42

Norton v Bennet   47-40

Norton v Romanoff 44-42

Favorable/Unfavorable ratings:

Bennet, the former superintendent of the Denver schools, is viewed Very Favorably by 18% and Very Unfavorably by 30%.

Twenty-five percent (25%) have a Very Favorable opinion of Romanoff, while 18% regard him Very Unfavorably.

For Buck, Very Favorables total 11% and Very Unfavorables 14%.

Nineteen percent (19%) share a Very Favorable view of Norton, but 22% see her Very Unfavorably.

This is the first poll (that I know of) since all 4 candidates have been advertising on TV (including 527 ads for Buck).  Romanoff went on most recently, and has improved his percentages since the last poll.  Bennet, who recently made another large television buy, has slipped more against both Buck and Norton.

Source:

http://www.rasmussenreports.co…