A growing number of Colorado voters say the state has a budget crisis — but it may not be for the reasons close observers of state politics might expect.
At Colorado SunFest 2026, pollsters with the nonpartisan Colorado Polling Institute said that Republicans — not Democrats — were far more likely to describe the budget as “in crisis,” even though Democratic leaders for years have tried to make the case that the state government doesn’t have enough money to fund social services like healthcare and education.
The findings come from a survey among 613 likely voters conducted in March by
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