In Colorado elections, Republicans struggle to overcome two growing constituencies — people of color and young people. Even in 2010, when shrinking constituencies were all riled up about the first Black president, they couldnt win statewide. Andy Kroll reports for Mother Jones: ITS EERIE HOW MUCH 2014 is like four years ago, says Craig Hughes, a Denver-based political consultant who ran Democrat Michael Bennets successful 2010 Senate campaign. Its just after 10 a.m., and were sitting in a coffee shop called Paris on the Platte. Hughes recounts how, back in 2010, all but one of the final 18 public polls conducted before Election Day showed Bennet losing. In recent weeks, Democratic Sen. Mark Udall has trailed Republican Rep. Cory Gardner in 11 of 12 polls. In 2010, pundits said that Bennets campaign ran too many pro-choice advertisements; political commentators these days deride Udall as Mark Uterus because his campaign has relentlessly focused on reproductive rights and womens health. And Udalls campaign is betting, like Bennets 2010 effort did, on the changing composition of the Colorado electorate. Also, just like four years ago, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, who is seeking a second term, is facing a strongly conservative challenger, and in the state Legislature, Colorado Democrats are fighting to protect their majorities in both chambers. So if there are so many parallels, do Democrats in Colorado have reason to believe they can again buck the political tide?
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 21:40:33 +0000
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