September 22, 2016 10:10 AM UTC

CMU/PBS in Colorado: Clinton 44%, Trump 35%

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• by: Colorado Pols

As the Grand Junction Sentinel’s Charles Ashby reports, a new poll from Colorado Mesa University and Rocky Mountain PBS today resets the presidential race in Colorado to where it was before a recent “surge” for Republican Donald Trump in a spate of early September polls–a solid lead in our state for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton:

Hillary Clinton, the Democratic candidate for president, leads her Republican rival, Donald Trump, by 9 percentage points in Colorado, according to a new poll released Wednesday.

The poll of 540 registered Colorado voters, the first ever done by Colorado Mesa University, with Rocky Mountain PBS, also showed that Trump’s unfavorability rating of 38 percent among Colorado voters is nearly as high as Clinton’s favorability rating of 40 percent…

For the presidential race, the poll shows that Clinton holds a four-point advantage over Trump with male voters and a nine percentage-point lead with females. While the number of Democrats who favor Clinton and Republicans Trump were about the same, with about three-quarters of them favoring their party’s candidate, the split among unaffiliated voters went strongly for Clinton.

Here’s the details from CMU’s website.

In the U.S. Senate race, today’s poll shows the same double-digit lead for incumbent Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet over GOP challenger Darryl Glenn that most other polls have indicated, even while Clinton’s advantage over Trump narrowed. Turning to statewide ballot measures, the poll shows the end-of-life options proposal up by a whopping 70%, and the minimum wage increase polling at a respectable 58%. The “Raise The Bar” measure to make ballot measures harder to qualify is up by only 52%, which is troubling for its supporters given the natural tendency for ballot measures to slip in support as Election Day approaches. The “ColoradoCare” Amendment 69 measure is down heavily in this poll with 56% opposed and only 30% in favor.

Whatever caused the temporary dip in Clinton’s polling numbers in the last few week, which was undeniable being replicated in many polls here and in other battleground states, here we have evidence–in need of corroboration like any poll–that the overall trajectory of that race hasn’t really changed much.

With October almost upon us, that’s welcome news for Team Blue.