GOP Pollster: Ryan Frazier Has Slim Lead For Congressional Seat
The Colorado Independent, a liberal website, is atwitter about a poll that a Republican pollster did (not for the Frazier campaign) showing that the libertarian-conservative Republican is one point ahead of incumbent Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.). It writes: "The Magellan Strategies auto dial poll of 830 likely general election voters in the 7th CD found that Frazier was one point ahead of Perlmutter, 40 percent to 39 percent, well within the 3.4 percent margin of error. The poll, which was politically balanced based on past election results, has been criticized for placing the election question so far into the polling sequence as it could have been biased by other questions surrounding Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama and health care reform."
However, Rep. Perlmutter's office has not challenged this poll's results. This means that their internal polling is showing the same thing..The good and bad news for Mr. Frazier: the poll found that in a generic contest of candidates, 45 percent would vote Republican, with 39 percent voting for the Democratic ticket. However, only 40 percent of respondents knew who Mr. Frazier was (versus 97 percent for Rep. Perlmutter). Among respondents who had heard of the candidates, 39 percent had an unfavorable opinion of Rep. Perlmutter, with 37 percent favorable and 20 percent having no opinion. Meanwhile, Mr. Frazier had some room to grow: 22 percent had a favorable rating of him, with 11 percent unfavorable and 27 percent having no opinion.
Mitt Romney Backs Ryan Frazier
The libertarian-conservative Republican received a $2,500 check from former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney’s Free and Strong America Political Action Committee. Mr. Romney, a moderate-conservative who is an early frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, has also officially endorsed Mr. Frazier’s bid for Colorado’s 7th Congressional District.
Mr. Romney’s endorsement comes on the heels of Mr. Frazier’s 64%-36% victory in the Republican primary earlier this month
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