May 23, 2007 05:20 AM UTC

Bad News for Polis

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• by: DavidThi808

I live in Boulder which is ground zero for the CO-2 race. And so I asked a number of people today, all of them not interested in politics but all voted in ’06, two questions.

I first asked if they knew who Jared Polis is. ALl except 2 said no. Those 2 said he is the guy in the Subway commercial. So among the typical voter – zero name recognition.

I then asked if they knew what amendment 41 was. Only 1 knew. So I then said it was the amendment to stop gifts to state employees. They all remembered that.

I asked if they remembered what the effect of it was. And every single person said something along the lines of “it stopped children from getting scholarships.” Phrased different ways but every single one had that response.

Bottom line today? No one knows who he is. But if they knew he was the architect of 41, they would have no interest in him.

I think 41 is going to be a problem even if the supreme court lets the implementing law stand. It’s hard to win if you are trying to take scholarships away from working class kids.

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