Posted on 08/23/2016 8:39:29 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Iowa State fairgoers were provided the opportunity throughout the week to participate in Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate's State Fair Straw Poll. Their findings?
Republican nominee Donald Trump was the preferred presidential candidate in the national election, leading Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton by 11 percent at 48 percent.
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, who is up for re-election come this November, also was the preferred candidate among fairgoers, leading in polls by 21 percent at 58 percent.
Both Clinton and Democrat Patty Judge were trailing at 37 percent.
The poll was conducted at the Secretary of State's booth inside the Varied Industries Building, according to a news release by Pate's office, and a total of 6,419 votes were cast.
The Iowa State Fair website reported that this year, nearly 935,000 people were in attendance.
According to a recent presidential poll compiled by the New York Times, the fair findings contrast national findings, which show Clinton currently polling at 43 percent, compared to Trump at 38 percent.
In Iowa, one of the swing states in the presidential election, the same poll compiled by Times shows Clinton leading by 55 percent.
The release stated that the State Fair Straw Poll is unscientific and done purely for entertainment purposes, and fairgoers were also given the opportunity to vote on Iowa-related, non-political questions.
Some of these questions included favorite fair attractions, favorite State Fair food, favorite State Fair musical acts and which Iowa celebrity had the best year.
“I want to thank everyone who visited our booth and participated in the Straw Poll,” Pate said in the release. “The goal was to engage voters and get them interested in the election and voting, while also drawing them into our booth to register to vote, update their voter registration and learn about the other programs we offer.
Pate said that during the fair they registered 212 voters and helped 151 people request absentee ballots.
To look American Indian? Maybe her parents and grandparents told her she was a true American Indian, ya think?
Give PIAPS a head scarf and she’s be able to blend in on a street in Malaysia or Indonesia where Muslim women are allowed to show their face but have to cover their hair.
Iowa State Fair straw polls, such as ‘Cast a Kernel’, skew in favor of the GOP. Romney won such polls comfortably in 2012, although Obama did edge McCain at the 2008 Iowa State Fair.
The MSM media hope that Chuck Grassley will have to fear Patty Judge is just a NY Times fantasy.
Shoot , shoot, shoot that ugly rodent ...
Hey look it’s Captain Kangaroo !
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