Michael Bennet (D-inc): 43
Jane Norton (R): 43
Undecided: 14
Michael Bennet (D-inc): 45
Tom Wiens (R): 37
Undecided: 18
Michael Bennet (D-inc): 46 (39)
Ken Buck (R): 36 (35)
Undecided: 14 (26)
Andrew Romanoff (D): 44
Jane Norton (R): 39
Undecided: 17
Andrew Romanoff (D): 44
Tom Wiens (R): 36
Undecided: 20
Andrew Romanoff (D): 45
Ken Buck (R): 34
Undecided: 21
(MoE: ±4.1%)
The one saving grace for Bennet here is that, while he holds an unsurprisingly poor 32-46 approval rating, the GOP front-runner, Jane Norton, isn't looking too great herself. Her favorable rating is 25-35, which is not something you usually see for relatively undefined challengers so early in the game.
These numbers also confirm what we've been seeing in other polls suggesting that Andrew Romanoff is in better shape for the general election than Bennet. Jensen has some good words of caution about reading too much into that, though:
I would be cautious about declaring Romanoff to be the more electable candidate based on these early numbers though. Bennet has had all the negatives of incumbency- being associated with an unpopular majority party during a recession- without the positives- defining himself positively to the voters on the airwaves in the context of a statewide campaign. If Romanoff is still doing better than Bennet four or five months from now once the voters have started really paying attention the electability argument might carry more heft.
