Via the NYT: Colorado: As the Race Tightens, Enthusiasm for a Ballot Proposal Wanes

In mid-September, a poll by Ciruli Associates, a nonpartisan policy research firm in Denver, found that 51 percent of voters surveyed supported Amendment 36. By last week, support had fallen to 36 percent, with 49 percent saying they were opposed. The firm’s president’s, Floyd Ciruli, predicted that Amendment 36 would lose by a two-to-one margin.

Supporters of the measure say that most polls, including Ciruli’s, show about one in five voters still undecided, and that people often forget to vote on ballot initiatives, leaving open the possibility of a last-minute fluctuation in fortunes.

I have always thought that this idea was one that would sound good at first, and then fade in the minds of voters. This seems to be the pattern in question.

I certainly think that it is a bad idea for the state.

Hat tip: Betsy Newmark.