With less than four months until election day, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton holds a solid lead over presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump in Colorado.
According to a new Harper poll, Clinton leads by a seven-point margin over Trump, taking home 45 percent to Trump’s 38 percent. Fourteen percent say they plan to support someone else, and another four percent have not made up their minds as of yet.
Clinton leads despite sporting a higher unfavorable rating than her GOP rival. Fifty-seven percent of respondents said they view Clinton unfavorably, while only 38 percent view her favorably. Meanwhile, Trump’s unfavorable rating sits at 54 percent, with 40 percent viewing him favorably.
This is the second poll taken in Colorado since Trump became the party’s presumptive nominee in May. A CBS/YouGov poll taken in late June showed Clinton to be leading by a single point with 40 percent to Trump’s 39 percent.
In addition, incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet leads in his battle for re-election with 46 percent support over GOP challenger Darryl Glenn’s 40 percent, while 14 percent remain undecided. Bennet currently sports a a relatively high favorability rating despite low name-ID for a sitting senator, as 40 percent of voters have a favorable rating of him compared to 27 percent unfavorable. Thirty-three percent do not hold an opinion one way or another.
Meanwhile, Glenn is a virtual unknown in the contest. Sixty-three percent of respondents said they didn’t have an opinion on the GOP nominee for the seat. Twenty-four percent having a favorable view of Glenn, while 14 percent view him in an unfavorable light. This is the first polling conducted since Glenn took home the primary.
A Tea Party-backed candidate and a U.S. Air Force veteran, Glenn won the GOP nomination in late June, buoyed by support from Sen. Ted Cruz and the Senate Conservatives Fund, which is led by former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.
Bennet is seeking his second full term to the U.S. Senate after having served in office since January 2009 after taking over the final two years of former Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar’s term. He won re-election in 2010 after defeating GOP Rep. Ken Buck.
Harper, a conservative polling firm, surveyed 500 likely general election voters and the margin of error is 4.38 percent.
