Untouched-by-Media Presidential Poll at Iowa State Fair Has Trump WAY Up (56-44%, 24k-19k)

Biz Pac Review ^ | 6 hours ago | August 18, 2016 | Frieda Powers

[drewh]

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 their eyes in clear jars placed on a table. The 12-point lead by Trump came from 24,284 votes. Clinton had 19,418 votes, according to WHO-HD 13.

The unscientific poll has been conducted at the fair for the past decade

[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!

[drewh]

[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.

[drewh]

looks like it was an accurate predictor last year...lol

[DoughtyOne]

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

[pburgh01]

I am not calling for a landslide. That’s an amorphous term anyway. Landslide to me would be a win of over 6% nationally and like 350+ EVs. I think this race may hinge on us biting our fingernails till all of Ohio comes in. Pa will be a tease, but voter fraud will give it to Hellery by like 10k votes. Florida, Ohio, Iowa and NC goes to Trump, Va Hellery and Trump wins a stunner in Michigan and Wisconsin. I think over by midnight-ish What is stupid is thinking Hillary is going to win Utah. You have to be a moron to believe that.

[castlegreyskull]

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

[drewh]

who knew there were so many martin O malley supporters in iowa...thats a lot of corn!

[IVAXMAN]

As much as I would like to believe this will be the result they showed Romney winning last election 55%-45% but in 08 they did show Obama win 51-49. But it does tell me Trump is doing no worse then Romney at this point and I believe actually better as I think her minority voters in the inner cities stay home.

[matthew fuller]

Real results dem-51.99%, rep-46.18%, Iowa 2012. (Wiki)

[Road Warrior ‘04]

One HUGE difference then and now. Trump has a spine! Romney didn’t!

[chajin]

Now there’s a jarring photo

[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.

[IVAXMAN]

So true, I know he will fight to the end. And I also believe Trump will win !!