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Poll: Schaffer even with Udall

By Mike Saccone | Thursday, July 31, 2008, 06:55 PM

The Colorado Republican Party is touting a Zogby International poll released today as further evidence Republican Senate candidate Bob Schaffer is making gains in Colorado.

According to the poll Democratic candidate Mark Udall and Schaffer are tied at 40 percent.

“Udall’s lead among Independents balances off Schaffer’s Republican enrollment edge,” Zogby said on its Web site. “The race has a pronounced gender gap, with Schaffer taking men and Udall women, both by big margins. The survey included 780 likely voters in Colorado and carries a margin of error of (plus or minus) 3.6 percentage points.”

The results are based on online surveys conducted between June 11 and June 30. (We’ll leave it to others to discuss the merits or problems of this methodology.)

This all aside, the Zogby International poll does fit with what has been an emerging trend in the Senate race polling: a tightening race.

*Schaffer photo from The Daily Sentinel archives.

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