Posted on 08/17/2015 6:37:18 PM PDT by Red Steel
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders eked out a win over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the informal Iowa State Fair poll during the weekend, finishing with 47.5 percent of the Democratic voters polled to Clinton's 47.17 percent. To put that another way, Sanders and Clinton were more popular among Democrats than "food" was among all fair goers last weekend. Of fair goers, 46.85 percent were most excited about food, compared to livestock (16.63 percent), the butter cow (14.29 percent) and political speeches (8.73 percent).
That Sanders beat Clinton in the poll is not necessarily representative of the state as a whole, however. While Clinton's polling has dipped slightly in the months since Sanders joined the race, she still has a 24.2 point average lead over Sanders in polling of likely Iowa Democratic voters. Still, that Sanders has managed to get such a commanding foothold in second place (with 26.3 percent) has led many to wonder if Clinton's political liabilities are something about which the Democratic party should worry. Nationally, Clinton leads Sanders by an average of 32.5 percentage points in polls.
On the Republican side, Iowa fairgoers clearly preferred real estate mogul Donald Trump, who took in 28.55 percent of Republican votes. He was followed in second place by the neurosurgeon Ben Carson with 20.13 percent. These results mirror more official national polls as well. Trump has been dominating polls since he entered the race in June. Carson, on the other hand, has seen a recent surge since the first Republican debate was held in Cleveland earlier this month.
In Iowa, Trump's strong polling is quite the change from a month ago, too. In early August, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker led the pack in the state with 20.5 percent, on average, in the polls. Trump overtook him soon after, and Walker has fallen to third, less than a percentage point behind Carson, who now polls at an average of 11.7 percent.
Here -—> https://sos.iowa.gov/statefair.html
Mark Everson? First I’ve heard that name.
RIP Hillary!
53 people chose Rick Perry and 23 people chose Lyndsey Graham. I would love to meet those people and pick their brain. Did Iowa legalize marijuana?
Switching through channels this evening, CNN’s (the headline channel) on screen graphic was “Donald Trump: Racist? Sexist? Insensitive?” The usual stuff. Then someone exclaimed America’s love of celebrities is the reason for his current popularity. Batty!
Aren’t there laws against beating H-> ? Bernie is fighting for us?
LOL!
Jim Gilmer couldn’t even beat a guy who couldn’t qualify for the “kiddie table” debate.
LoL. CNN telling us who is winning. ;-)
What if Fiorina’s appeal? Yeesh!
Listen, it looks like Lindsay Graham won big! He bested Everson and led Pataki by 3 to 1.
Isn’t he the guy that makes those flat screen TVs?
/sarcasm
“53 people chose Rick Perry and 23 people chose Lyndsey Graham. I would love to meet those people and pick their brain. Did Iowa legalize marijuana?”
Weed ain’t gonna make you that crazy.
“Hillary Clinton e-mail scandal: Sexist?” I created that one. :-)
For Real!! Good Lord!! TRUMP and CARSON and the CRUZ!!! I love it! Sanders the socialist beat the old hag/crook Hildabeast/Hillary! Yippee!! Made my day! I wasn’t surprised too much but happy non-the-less!
I think it will be between him and Jim Gilmore for the nomination. The real question is will the ticket be Everson/Gilmore or Gilmore/Everson.
Not understanding Carson over Cruz. Nice enough guy but to me he is not cut out for the cut throat of politics.
I guess the debate really helped him. Even my wife (who is not into politics) was like who is the black guy. I am voting for him.
On the Republican side, Iowa fairgoers clearly preferred real estate mogul Donald Trump, who took in 28.55 percent of Republican votes.And unless I'm mistaken he wasn't even allowed to speak on the stage of stooges at the fair.
Shutting up the (same party?) opposition is working so well for them.
Understanding Iowa ‘nice guys’ like Carson do play well there.
I think it's the anti-party vote that's driving Carson's high approval ratings.
He appeals to a lot of people who aren't Republicans/conservatives, but who nevertheless are in lockstep with our anger at the establishment.
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