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Election 2014 displayed one of the most incredible switches of U.S. Senate control in recent memory. The Republicans did not just take back the upper chamber—they wiped the floor with the Democrats. They bested some of their pettiest political tricks, including three different Democratic candidates in Montana, plus three-way races in other states. Nothing can top Election Day 1980, which produced a Republican majority with 12 Senate wins. Election Day 2014 produced nine seats, but could have been 11 if not for the intense infighting in Republican primaries. So, will 2016 turn into an epic landslide of the Democrats and...

In Iowa, a new poll finds Trump leading 44% to 39% with Johnson at 8% and Stein at 1%. Eight percent (8%) were undecided. In the US Senate race, Senator Chuck Grassley leads Patty Judge 51% to 40% with 6% undecided. This poll of 600 likely voters was conducted from August 31 - September 1. ... Iowa Iowa voters do not appear happy with either Presidential candidate. Trump holds a 37% favorable opinion and a 58% unfavorable while Clinton is even further behind with a 35% favorable and 62% unfavorable. In the Senate race the voters have a positive opinion...

BOSTON, MA - A new Virginia poll conducted by Emerson College finds Hillary Clinton just one point ahead of Donald Trump, 44% to 43%, with Libertarian Gary Johnson taking 11% and the Green Party’s Jill Stein at 3%. The poll of 800 likely voters was August 30-September 1. In Iowa, a new poll finds Trump leading 44% to 39% with Johnson at 8% and Stein at 1%. Eight percent (8%) were undecided. In the US Senate race, Senator Chuck Grassley leads Patty Judge 51% to 40% with 6% undecided. This poll of 600 likely voters was conducted from August 31-...

Since it's been seven months since the Iowa caucuses and it'll be another three-plus years until that hell is fresh again, this is the best time to talk about ethanol. Just in case you didn't know, ethanol is very popular in Iowa and other corn states, which is why most presidential candidates swear once every four years that they love ethanol so much they'd marry a jug of it if they could. If only for a moment, loyalty to this government moonshine becomes as fraught with political symbolism as a gay wedding in which both grooms refuse to wear American...

9/1/16: D-614,477 voters; R-648,866 voters 9/1/12: D-602,636 voters; R-620,868 voters 9/1/08: D-678,742 voters; R-584,487 voters 9/1/04: D-579,142 voters; R-588,168 voters 2012 Iowa: Obama-52.1%; Romney-46.5% 2008 Iowa: Obama-54.0%; McCain-44.7% 2004 Iowa: Bush-49.90%; Kerry-49.23%

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A flag desecration charge was dropped Monday for a man who protested a crude oil pipeline that crosses his property by hanging an American flag upside down at his home, online court records show. Homer Martz, 63, was charged Friday under a state law that makes it illegal to defile, cast contempt upon, satirize or deride a flag. That law, however, was declared unconstitutional by a federal judge in December 2014 and state prosecutors were told not to enforce it. The law, which lawmakers have not removed from the books, says law enforcement officers have a duty "to enforce the...

In November 2015 Donald Trump proclaimed to a crowd of Iowans: “How stupid are the people of Iowa?” Two months later he lost the Iowa Republican caucus. Almost a year on he may win the Hawkeye State in the presidential election. Republicans have only won Iowa once since Ronald Reagan – in 2004, when George Bush eked out a win by 10,000 of more than 1.5 million votes. And yet, among the traditional battleground states, Iowa has become perhaps Trump’s best hope of a win. While national polls show the Republican far behind his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, recent Iowa...

Saturday, August 27, 2016: The family of Sarah Root, who was killed by an illegal, spoke with Donald Trump at the 2nd annual Joni Ernst 'Roast and Ride' Event in Des Moines, IA

Donald Trump warned Saturday of a “war on the American farmer,” telling a crowd in Iowa that rival Hillary Clinton “wants to shut down family farms” and implement anti-agriculture policies. Trump’s speech at the annual “Roast and Ride” fundraiser for Republican Sen. Joni Ernst came just hours after Clinton received her first national security briefing as the Democratic presidential nominee. […] “Hillary Clinton wants to shut down family farms just like she wants to shut down the mines and the steelworkers,” he said in front of a wall of straw bales at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. “She will do this...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Donald Trump received a rockstar welcome from roughly two-thousand people when he took the stage as “I’m Proud to Be an American” played from the speakers at Sen. Joni Ernst’s second annual Roast and Ride in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday. “The GOP is offering voters a chance to break up the corrupt establishment and create a new American future,” the Republican nominee stated. “This chance will never come again.” “Our campaign is about protecting those who have no power,” he added. “These are the people that work hard, but don’t have a voice.” The outsider...

Recent media coverage on Donald Trump’s immigration policies have attempted to convince his supporters that he is “flip flopping” on his original deportation policies and moving to a “softer” tone. This has caused a stir among many of Trump’s core supporters, adding to the speculation that he is caving to pressure from his own party to keep the “cheap labor” express moving full speed ahead. Trump spoke to a crowd of about 2,000 at the ‘Roast and Ride’ event in Des Moines, Iowa today. Joni Earnest, a veteran and senator from Iowa who was once thought to be a possible...

“On Day One, I am going to begin swiftly removing criminal illegal immigrants from this country – including removing the hundreds of thousands of criminal illegal immigrants that have been released into U.S. communities under the Obama-Clinton Administration,” the Republican nominee stated.

Casting corn kernels may not be the most scientific method of presidential polling, but it still reveals some voter preferences in the battleground state Iowa. Attendees at the Iowa State Fair have been able to cast their vote in the 2016 presidential race by placing corn kernels in a jar at the WHO-HD TV News booth. On the fair’s fifth day, the results so far gave Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump a lead with 56 percent over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, who has received 44 percent of the kernels so far. Polltakers are able to see the results amass before...

You can have Milwaukee. For the best example of black mob violence and media denial over the last few days, I’ll take Cedar Rapids. People outside of Milwaukee may be a bit surprised that last week hundreds of black people burned down businesses, threw bricks at cops, attacked white people, and created an enormous amount of mayhem. All because police killed a member of that city’s black criminal elite after he pointed a stolen gun at them. The New York Times certainly was -- it even dug up a few locals to say so. But on the porches of Milwaukee,...

Black violence invades sweet corn festival in Cedar Rapids Iowa Yes, Iowa

20 people in what appears to be a university bookstore in Des Moines, IA (August 10th). Hillary needs to fire her agent now.

"Watch Live: Des Moines Iowa Democratic Party Rally with Hillary Clinton (August 10, 2016) - Hillary Clinton Des Moines Iowa Rally - Full Speech:..." For oppo-research. ;-) If you can stomach Hillary, here it is for today. Clinton keeps them short as they usually don't go farther than 20 minutes or so. Her talk time here is about 17 minutes. Check out the size of the crowd for comparisons with Trump's rally crowds and other patterns and Hillary idiosyncrasies.

Monday, August 8, 2016: Donald J. Trump will deliver remarks at the Cobo Center. Live stream coverage begins at 11:45 AM ET. Detroit, MI Abandoned Buildings in Detroit Watch the LIVE STREAM of the event below beginning at 11:45 PM ET: Cobo Center Monday, August 8, 2016: Live stream of Governor Mike Pence’s town hall event in Sioux City, IA at the Sioux City Convention Center. Live coverage begins at 4:00 PM CT. Sioux City, IA Watch the live stream of the event below beginning at 4:00 PM CT: Sioux City Convention Center Monday, August 8, 2016: Live stream coverage...

Friday, August 5, 2016: Live streaming coverage of the Donald Trump for President rally in Des Moines, IA at the Iowa Events Center. Live coverage begins at 3:00 PM CT Des Moines, IA Watch the LIVE STREAM of the event below beginning at 3:00 PM CT: Des Moines, IA at the Iowa Events Center Friday, August 5, 2016: LIVE streaming coverage of the Donald J. Trump for President rally in Green Bay, WI at the KI Convention Center. Live coverage begins at 7:00 PM CT. Green Bay, WI Watch the LIVE STREAM of the event below beginning at 7:00 PM...