October 13, 2010 07:58 PM UTC

Changing Perceptions in Colorado Politics

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• by: Colorado Pols

We regularly post a variety of different polls where we ask Colorado Pols readers to vote on their best guess of how a race might turn out. We do this for a couple of reasons. For one thing, polling on “who you support for X office” is little more than a popularity contest on a blog site. But the biggest reason we take this approach is because Colorado Pols readers tend to be more astute followers of politics than the average person, and therefore their opinion on various races is generally more informed as well.

Last week we asked you to vote again on which race you thought would be “The Tightest Race” in 2010, as well as which race you considered to be “The Surest Thing.” Of course, these polls are not even close to being scientific, but it’s interesting to compare the changing perceptions over the months. Take a look:

Which Race Will Be the Tightest in 2010?

October 8, 2010

U.S. Senate: 36%

CD-4: 27%

CD-7: 16%

April 30, 2010

CD-4: 37%

U.S. Senate: 30%

Attorney General: 21%

Who is the Surest Thing in 2010?

October 8, 2010

Ed Perlmutter: 32%

Cary Kennedy: 17%

Bernie Buescher: 13%

October 22, 2009

Bernie Buescher: 34%

Cary Kennedy: 26%

Michael Bennet: 13%

What does this all mean? Nothing particularly, but it is interesting to see how perceptions can change (or not) in a matter of months.