Is Colorado Turning Away from Democrats?

National Journal:
“Colorado is back as a national bellwether. Earlier this year, a
Democratic-led push to enact stricter gun-control measures cost two
state senators their jobs and tarnished once-popular Gov. John
Hickenlooper’s bipartisan sheen. Last week, voters overwhelmingly
rejected a sweeping measure to raise the state’s income tax. And now,
Hickenlooper is in a fight with some of his core supporters over a ban
on a process of natural-gas drilling known as ‘fracking.’ … Taken
together, the moves are a course correction for a state that seemed to
be drifting inexorably to the left. And they’ve caught the attention of
the Democrats up for reelection in 2014, Hickenlooper and Sen. Mark
Udall, both of whom have begun plotting their own paths back toward the
political center.”