Coloradans aren’t feeling good about the state of their pocketbooks this year, with three of the top four issues on their minds in a new survey directly related to the cost of necessities. The annual Pulse Poll , conducted for the Colorado Health Foundation and released Wednesday, found 89% of surveyed residents said the cost of housing was an “extremely serious” or “very serious” problem, making it the biggest concern in the state. Other top concerns were: “This year’s Pulse Poll results don’t just show that Coloradans perceive housing issues as a problem — they see them as a crisis,” Dave Metz, president of Democratic-aligned FM3 Research, said in a news release.
The foundation typically hires one Democratic pollster and one Republican pollster to work together on the report. This year’s poll surveyed about 2,400 Colorado adults in May and June. Respondents listed cost of living and housing affordability as the two top issues in the state when they were allowed to give any answer, followed by government and politics, homelessness and immigration.
About seven out of 10 respondents said they were “very worried” or “somewhat worried” that they wouldn’t be able to afford to live in Colorado in the future. People with lower incomes were more likely to say they might not be able to afford to live here at some point, though more than half of those who reported earning at least $150,000 a year said the same thing. Even more people thought Colorado mi.