About 46 percent of likely voters in Denver support Mayor Mike Johnston, but an equal number oppose him as he enters his third year in office, according to a recent poll.

Overall, the survey from the Colorado Polling Institute found that support for Johnston has held steady since 2024, but a growing number of people have unfavorable opinions of him.

That makes Johnston a little less popular than the following concepts and organizations: socialism, capitalism, local schools, and the police, all of which fared a few points better in Colorado Polling Institute’s recent survey of the city.

Even as voters were split on Johnston, they appeared to have improving opinions of the city itself. About half of respondents were optimistic about the state of the city, a significant gain from prior yea

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