# @denverwestword on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-09-08T15:22:40.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Denver Westword (@denverwestword) — https://gondola.cc/denverwestword

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Homelessness and affordable housing are among the top issues stressing Denver residents as Mayor Mike Johnston slips slightly in favorability, according to a new survey by the Colorado Polling Institute (CPI).

A bipartisan team from the consulting firms Aspect Strategic and New Bridge Strategy conducted the survey for the CPI, a nonprofit that launched in 2013. The team surveyed 417 voters living in Denver for a week in mid-August over the phone and online. It’s a small sample size of the 700,000 people living in the city of Denver, but Kevin Ingham, a consultant from Aspect Strategic, says they tried to recreate Denver’s demographics.

Overall, the poll’s respondents were optimistic about how Denver is doing, with 51 percent saying that the city is moving in the right direction and 41 percent saying it’s on the wrong track, while 7 percent weren’t sure or didn’t respond. According to Ingham, “we’ve seen a small but steady trend towards optimism” as just about 44 percent said Denver was moving in the right direction in 2023.

But 51 percent is still a very slight majority, and Denver’s future is still complicated, according to poll results. 

See more highlights at the link in our bio.
✍️ + 📸 Bennito L. Kelty 

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