[drewh]

this is the biggest fair in the world.. so it may have a good hold on where opinion is! perhaps folks just wont tell a pollster who they will vote for! (because it is really none of the MSM business)

[ground_fog]

The ameoba brain eating disease in Florida is spreading rapidly..19k infected wow

[SamAdams76]

Iowa would be another GOP pickup as Obama won there the last two cycles!

[edh]

I know it’s an unscientific poll, but there’s that 44%ish number for Hillary again :-).

[apillar]

Might have helped if the story mentioned how accurate a predictor this has been in past elections....

[newfreep]

[Donglalinger]

Sorry to rain on the parade

Iowa State Fair 2012 Romney garnered 55 percent of the vote with 39,714 votes, while Obama only got 45 percent with 32,502.

[Grampa Dave]

Those, who make their living producing bs as polls and lying about their polls probably started their weekend drinking early after reading this.

[DoughtyOne]

I know what some other folks are thinking, but I personally believe there’s more than a kernel of truth in this.

[castlegreyskull]

I wonder if Trump will go back there and give rides on his helicopter.

[Sooth2222]

Ahead of the last presidential contest in 2012, more than 72,000 kernels were cast and fairgoers chose Mitt Romney as the winner with 55 percent of the vote. We now know that Romney lost and President Barack Obama was elected to another term. In 2008, the poll got it right when Obama edged out John McCain 51 to 49 percent of kernels cast.

[Mjreagan]

More Republicans go to the fair.

[bigbob]

Just remember that everything the media says is dishonest, and this will make perfect sense.

[TexasGator]

Hmm... 24k votes out of over one million ...

[spiderpig]

Wonder which night has been designated for this year’s “Beat Whitey” event? Local Law Enforcement in the somewhat sketchy area of Des Moines around the fairgrounds have denied that this occurs, but the local yoot participants are happy to perform for the cameras.

Stay tuned!

[dangus]

How have past GOP candidates done? Does the fair crowd skew Republican (people who own their own farm vs. fraudulently voting illegals who get hired as day laborers; farm folk vs city folk)? I wouldn’t be shocked to find out core Democratic groups don’t participate in 4H as much as Republicans.

[dangus]

Mitt Romney beat Barrack Obama by 10 at the fair, but lost Iowa by 6. But I’m still hopeful, because I think this time out, the enthusiasm might be stronger for Trump.

[dangus]

Also a good sign: After 11 days in 2012, 72,000 votes were cast. This has 44,000 votes cast after 5 days. Looks like there’s more enthusiasm among a Republican-leaning crowd.

[golas1964]

Hmmm... Were people permitted to choose the other two candidates: Johnson and Stein??

[newgeezer]

As a lifelong Iowa resident, I would caution against getting too excited about this.

Iowans who go to the fair are not like those who vote. Far from it. The demographics are way off. The rural-to-city folks ratio is extremely skewed, with the city dwellers vastly underrepresented.

(No one trolls the inner city with cigarettes and malt liquor to entice the folks to hop on the bus and go to the FAIR to vote for Democrats.)

[Thibodeaux]

black people and leftist wackos don’t go to fairs.