PPP's first post-convention Colorado poll finds Barack Obama continuing to hold the lead over Mitt Romney in the state, 49-46. This is, however, the closest PPP has found the race in four Colorado polls this year suggesting that Romney may have received a modest bounce in the state.

Last month we found Obama ahead by a 49-43 margin in Colorado. But in the wake of his selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate and the Republican convention Romney has consolidated the GOP vote, going from an 85-10 advantage with his party base to an 89-8 one. He continues to trail in the state because of his struggles with independents there though. Obama has a 48-41 lead with them, a trend that's been consistent in our polling there all year.

We're seeing the same trends in Colorado that we're seeing everywhere in terms of where Obama and Romney's support is coming from. Obama is up 52-44 with women, 55-38 with non-white voters, and 53-40 with voters under 45. Romney's up 49-46 with men, 49-47 with white voters, and 51-46 with voters over 45. Obviously if Obama can continue to keep the race close to break even with whites and men his prospects in Colorado are going to be pretty darn good.