Bloggers Take Colorado’s Political Temperature July 2009 SurveyResults and Summary Analysis
Michael Sandoval, Slapstick Politics (http://slapstickpolitics.blogspot.com), tabascoii@gmail.comBen DeGrow, Mount Virtus (http://bendegrow.com), bendegrow@gmail.comAnthony Surace, Rocky Mountain Right (http://rockymountainright.com), anthony.surace@gmail.comWith assistance from Mary Ila Macfarlane
Content Overview
Open online from Thursday, July 9, 8:00 AM MDT, to Friday, July 17, 5:00 PM MDT, the surveygauged opinion on prominent policy issues, philosophy, and political dynamics;as well as candidate preference and assessment questions for five 2010 Colorado Republicanprimary races.
Participant Demographics
The survey was not intended to measure a representative cross-section of Colorado voters andthus has no direct predictive power on upcoming primary elections. It was however intendedprimarily for Right-leaning Colorado political activists to express their beliefs and preferences.The survey was controlled to prevent multiple responses from a single IP address.The survey included 619 participants, self-identified as follows (results may not add up to100.0%, due to rounding), not all of whom completed the entire survey:
Political Party:
Republican (78.2%); Unaffiliated (13.3%); Libertarian (5.0%); Democrat (1.8%);Other (1.6%).
Gender:
Male (64.3%); Female (35.7%).
Age:
18-29 (18.5%); 30-39 (19.5%); 40-49 (23.2%); 50-59 (21.3%); 60-69 (15.4%); 70 or older (2.2%)
Race:
Non-Hispanic White (85.6%); Other/Multiple Race (8.6%); Hispanic or Latino (3.5%);African American (1.0%); American Indian (0.8%); Asian American (0.5%).
Marital Status:
Married (65.4%); Single—Never Married (22.5%); Divorced (10.7%); Widowed(1.3%).
Highest Education:
Less than high school (1.0%); High school/GED (2.9%); Some college(20.1%); 2-year college (6.5%); 4-year college (31.7%); Some graduate school (11.6%); Master’sdegree (18.3%); Doctoral degree (7.9%).
Political Affiliation (1=Liberal; 7=Conservative):
Strong Conservative (36.7%); Conservative(35.6%); Moderate Conservative (16.9%); Centrist (7.0%); Strong Liberal (1.8%); ModerateLiberal (1.5%); Liberal (0.3%).
Total Conservative:
89.2%
Total Liberal:
3.6%
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