For Immediate Release: August 15, 2012

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Voters in Colorado 6th District Concerned With Ryans Voucher Plan

President Barack Obama Maintains Lead in Swing State; Miklosi within Striking Distance
Burlington, VT Today, Democracy for America (DFA), released poll numbers showing that likely voters in Colorados Sixth Congressional District overwhelmingly oppose Vice Presidential Candidate Paul Ryans plan to turn Medicare into a voucher plan. The plan laid out in Ryans proposed budget passed by the House of Representatives this year, scraps Medicare as we know it and creates a voucher program. Republican Mike Coffman, voted for the budget to end Medicare. th th When polled the week of August 7 -9 , likely voters in the Sixth Congressional District overwhelmingly oppose turning Medicare into a voucher program. Only 16% of likely voters support Medicare vouchers. When asked if they would support a candidate who advocated transitioning Medicare into a voucher program, only 22% of likely voters said they would. President Barack Obama maintains a lead over GOP candidate Mitt Romney by 9 points with likely voters in Colorados Sixth Congressional District. The margin of error for the poll is 3.6%, making his lead well outside the margin of error. Also, 51% of voters in the Sixth District overwhelmingly favor ending the Bush Tax Cuts for people earning over $250,000 a year. When likely voters were asked if the election were held today, which candidate they would vote for, Democratic Challenger Joe Miklosi lands just outside the margin of error being behind Mike Coffman by 4 points. This is great news for Miklosi who still remains relatively unknown in the district. But Miklosi will see those numbers improve the more voters get to know him especially from women voters. Women see the Democratic party as overwhelmingly better for their interests, with 63% saying that Democrats do a better job supporting women and only 29% take the opposite position. This polling was conducted August 7 and 8 and is considered a strong indicator at how the Sixth Congressional District will swing 83 days out from the election. Jim Dean, Chair of Democracy for America said, In Colorado, we know that Democrat Joe Miklosi will give Rep. Coffman a run for his money. Mike Coffman has been wrong on healthcare, his vote to end Medicare, womens issues, and no longer represents the needs of his district. Thats why Democracy for America supports Joe Miklosi and named his as one of our Dean Dozen. Hes a real progressive and true leader for Colorados future. The polling was paid for by Democracy for America and was conducted August 7 and 8 in a survey of 669 likely voters in Colorados Sixth Congressional District with the margin of error falling to 3.6%. Earlier this month, Joe Miklosi was named one of the Dean Dozen. The Dean Dozen is DFA's highest tier of federal endorsement. It is limited to 12 total candidates running for either US House or US Senate and represents the races that DFA will expend the greatest amount of resources on during the 2012 cycle. ### ABOUT DEMOCRACY FOR AMERICA Democracy for America is a people-powered Democratic Political Action Committee. With over one million
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