Is Colorado Turning Away From Democrats? - NationalJournal.com

"But voters are less enthusiastic by the party now. The governor's approval rating was a lukewarm 48 percent in August, according to a poll from Quinnipiac University, and a plurality of voters said he did not deserve reelection. Their disapproval offers a political explanation for Hickenlooper's support for fracking, which has broad support from most voters but is derided by some environmentalists as unsafe."