POLLS: Obama leads in Colorado, Michigan http://tpm.ly/PYxUBa
Talking Points Memo 
8:06 AM - 4 Sep 12 · Details
Obama leads in two major swing states, according to new polls.
The president leads by 3 points in Colorado and by 7 points in Michigan, according to polls from Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling.
Obama leads Mitt Romney 49 percent to 46 percent in the Rocky Mountain State, which he won by 7 points in 2008 and will be crucial to his effort in 2012. “Barack Obama continues to lead in Colorado but the state is getting closer,” said Dean Debnam, president of PPP, in a statement. “If Mitt Romney can open up a wider lead with whites and men he might have a chance at moving it into his column.”
Romney only holds a 3-point edge with men in the Colorado poll, a core constituency for the former governor. Obama wins women 52 percent to 44 percent in the state, and takes independent voters 44 percent to 36 percent. Colorado is one of the rare swing states in which Republicans have a registration advantage, outpacing Democrats by about 110,000 voters.
The PollTracker Average of all public polling in Colorado shows Obama with a 4.1 percent advantage, 49.2 percent to 45.1 percent.
