President (To Win Colorado)
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(D) Kamala Harris
(R) Donald Trump
80%↑
20%
CO-01 (Denver)
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(D) Diana DeGette*
(R) V. Archuleta
98%
2%
CO-02 (Boulder-ish)
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(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Marshall Dawson
95%
5%
CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(R) Jeff Hurd
(D) Adam Frisch
52%↑
48%
CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado)
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(R) Lauren Boebert
(D) Trisha Calvarese
90%
10%
CO-05 (Colorado Springs)
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(R) Jeff Crank
(D) River Gassen
80%
20%
CO-06 (Aurora)
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(D) Jason Crow*
(R) John Fabbricatore
90%
10%
CO-07 (Jefferson County)
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(D) B. Pettersen
(R) Sergei Matveyuk
90%
10%
CO-08 (Northern Colo.)
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(D) Yadira Caraveo
(R) Gabe Evans
60%
40%
State Senate Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
State House Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
June 09, 2007 10:05 PM UTC
7 Comments
My biggest question is what happens if Obama is on the ballot? What happens to the turnout in the plains?? Colorado has a pretty big history of racial discrimination, is it possible that still exists today?
If Obama is on the ticket, I don’t think the eastern plains are going to vote for him anyway. Not becasue he’s black, but because he’s Dem.
Regarding the racial discrimination, I don’t see much overt discrimination as in the past. First, not many blacks go into agriculture, so there aren’t many to be discriminated against. There are many Latino/Hispanic farmers and ag workers, but again, I don’t see racism towards them on the plains – more in the cities. The Dems haven’t won over the plains in CO (east and west). – the culture of indpendence and individualism are very much alive in our ag communities.
I don’t see Obama being as much an issue as Hillary out there.
What do you think? Do you see more racism in Larimer county (a fast growing county), or has it gone belowground or just not much there anymore?
I don’t see a lot of racism in Larimer BUT I do strongly believe that a farmer from say… Windsor, would consider voting for a person like Edwards but wouldn’t think about voting for a black man. I don’t think the reason is that they don’t like black people I think they can’t relate to a black person in that outside of CSU there isn’t much of a black population, and that limits Obama’s ability to make a connection.
the eastern plains aren’t on the Dem’s radar, except for Musgrave’s seat, which isn’t likely either.
Do you think farmer’s and ranchers would vote for Richardson, assuming he get’s on the ticket (big assumption I know)?
Richardson could win if he won the nomination. I wouldn’t underestimate having a guy from the west run in Colorado. The Dem’s in CO don’t like limo liberals. We share their thoughts on many policies but at the end of the day Kerry was still just a rich dude from Mass. who hasn’t worked a hard day in his life (once you attacked his war record). Richardson is likeable and could use the “hard work westerner” to win over plains voters.
Shaffer’s chances are slim regardless of who the GOP Pres nominee is. Guliani may get out more moderate GOP vote which would help Udall in a Udall vs. Shaffer race.
A Dem can win the 4th CD if they campaign for it properly. We have yet to see that. As long as you let Marilyn slide without asking the question “what has she done for you?”, a Dem will not win that seat.
The Pres. race usually does not affect other offices that much in Colorado (there, of course, have been exceptions).
In 2004 the state went for Bush, but the Dems took the legislature and the one one congress seat we had.
In 2000, CO went for Bush and mostly maintained the status quo otherwise.
In 1996, it was a very status quo election.
In 1992, the state went for Clinton, but the GOP did very well in legislature and congressional races. In addition too mostly GOP-backed ballot issues famously passed: Tabor and Amendment 2.
That’s basically what I was looking for.