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VIDEOIs this "Gold Standard" Iowa pollster, J. Ann Selzer, really this clueless or is she willing to flush her reputation down the toilet in a pathetic attempt stop the impending Trumpocalypse? A very skeptical Mark Halperin was too polite to make that point to her but Brian Craig, co-host of the Steve Kane Radio Show, explains how the Iowa Poll FRAUD was perpetrated.

CNN reporter Chris Cillizza just sounded the alarm about the Dems doomed election prospects in 2022 and beyond after Joe Biden has led the country from debacle to debacle with no end in sight. Cillizza simply wrote: “This poll should terrify Democrats ahead of 2022,” before breaking down the horrific numbers for Biden from a new Iowa poll. Yes, Iowa voted for Trump twice but Obama won it and the Dems believe they can be competitive there in both Senate and presidential races. Cillizza says the new polls show that is wishful thinking and worse, these numbers will translate to...

Donald Trump leads Ted Cruz by 2 percentage points in a new poll from Iowa, suggesting a tightening presidential race ahead of the state’s Feb. 1 caucuses. Trump leads the GOP field, with 31 percent support, in Quinnipiac University's new poll, followed closely by Cruz's 29 percent. That slim lead is within the poll’s 4-point margin of error. ADVERTISEMENT Voters view Cruz more favorably than they view Trump, however, and more are open to the possibility of voting for him, according to the new findings. This is only the third poll of the last 11 in Iowa in which Trump...

...A poll of 400 likely Republican voters for Des Monies Register and Bloomberg Politics found Cruz riding high on 31 per cent support compared to Trump on 21 and Carson.....The results, released on Saturday night, represent a huge 21 per cent jump in support for Cruz when compared to the same poll two months ago, an unprecedented rise in recent election cycles....The Des Monies poll comes just days after Cruz was endorsed by 'kingmaker' Robert Vander Plaats, who commands the confidence of a swathe of evangelical voters in Iowa.Plaats, who endorsed eventual Iowa caucus winner Rick Santorum in 2012, gave...

Yesterday we had a Des Moines Register poll, that Trump doubted because they hate him, that showed Ted Cruz is pummeling him in Iowa. Today we have another faked poll from Faux News that hates Trump because they’re showing the same thing. New @FoxNews Iowa poll: Among likely caucus-goers @tedcruz now stands at 28% @realDonaldTrump at 26% #FNS pic.twitter.com/gtIJ85Bm9z— FoxNewsSunday (@FoxNewsSunday) December 13, 2015 More from Faux News: Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are the top two candidates Iowa Republican caucus-goers say are the most qualified to handle the top two issues facing the country — the economy and national...

PPP's newest Iowa poll finds a tight race on the Republican side in the state with Donald Trump at 22%, Ben Carson at 21%, Ted Cruz at 14%, Marco Rubio at 10%, Mike Huckabee and Bobby Jindal each at 6%, and Jeb Bush and Carly Fiorina each at 5%. Polling further back are Chris Christie at 3%, John Kasich, Rand Paul, and Rick Santorum each at 2%, Lindsey Graham with less than 1%, and Jim Gilmore and George Pataki each with no supporters.Compared to our last Iowa poll in mid-September Trump's support is down 2 points (from 24% to 22%),...

In the first Iowa poll results since the third Republican debate, Ben Carson and Donald Trump are still running first and second while Ted Cruz has broken ahead of the remaining pack to third place. The new poll by KBUR-AM in Burlington, Iowa, and Monmouth College in Illinois puts Cruz within striking distance of Trump. Carson leads among likely Iowa caucus-goers at 28 percent, followed by Trump at 20 percent. Cruz is in third place at 15 percent, while Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush are nearly tied at 10 percent and 9 percent respectively. This early in the race, poll...

In Iowa, when J. Ann Selzer talks, people listen.Many surprising findings in a new survey by Ms. Selzer, Iowa’s most respected pollster, are sure to be topics of elated or anxious conversations on campaign conference calls on Monday morning.Among the findings, released Saturday night: Hillary Rodham Clinton’s lead over Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has shrunk to just 7 percentage points; Donald J. Trump’s favorability with Republicans has sharply increased, suggesting he has room to increase his lead; and Democrats are largely untroubled about Mrs. Clinton’s email controversy – suggesting her vulnerabilities are deeper.With both parties’ nominating races entering a...

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It’s becoming all too predictable.As soon as a GOP presidential candidate gains traction in Iowa, the bright lights hit him/her and they melt down like a cheap candle. The latest to follow the pattern is, of course, Newt Gingrich. Just 15 days ago, we measured Newt with a robust 30 percent. But everyone—including the merry elves at We Ask America—warned that Gingrich could soon travail down the Newt Chute due to the cyclical habits exhibited by GOP frontrunners and the former Speaker’s penchant for provocative barbs.Sure enough, Gingrich appears to be fading badly, but those who have dumped him seem...

Without another Ann Selzer Iowa poll until the first of the year, the political class is now largely analyzing the caucuses through robo polls, internal campaign surveys and good old-fashioned anecdotal reporting.It's the first of these that gets the most attention - and sparks the most controversy.After the Democratic-aligned PPP - which has gotten some important races right -- posted their latest Iowa survey last night showing Ron Paul staking out a lead, the pushback quickly surfaced.At issue: whether PPP's sample is too heavy on Democrats and independents and is therefore skewing the results to make Paul seem stronger. (Any...

Sarah Palin’s favorability ratings are slipping! Her favorability ratings are slipping! That’s what you hear from The Des Moines Register today in their latest release of the Iowa Poll. Tom Beaumont reports a drop from 71% to 65% in the last 15 months.

<p>A late surge by Democratic presidential candidates John Kerry and John Edwards has pushed them slightly ahead of long-standing front-runners Howard Dean and Dick Gephardt in the race to win Monday's Iowa caucuses, a new Des Moines Register poll shows.</p>

A 3-Way, Bordering on a 4-Way Race in Iowa; Another Big Day for Kerry; Dean's Lead Widens to 5 Points Over Gephardt, According to New Reuters/MSNBC/Zogby Poll Former Vermont Governor Dr. Howard Dean has expanded his lead over Missouri Congressman Richard Gephardt in Iowa caucus polling, 28%-23%, according to the new Reuters/MSNBC/Zogby Poll. Massachusetts Senator John Kerry holds third place with a one-point increase to 17%, followed by North Carolina Senator John Edwards who bounced back to 14%. Dean has opened an 11-point lead over Gephardt in western Iowa, 4 points in the east, and 3 in the central part....

Dean Leading in Latest PollDes Moines, November 21, 2003 - On a day in Des Moines that feels much like it probably will on Caucus day in January, the winds of change have blown again in the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination. In July, our Survey USA Poll showed Iowans gave Dick Gephardt a sizeable lead in the caucus night contest. Two months later, Howard Dean squeezed in to tie Gephardt. In October, Gephardt pushed Dean back to regain the lead. But now, the biggest change yet. Our newest poll shows Dean with a comfortable 10 percentage-point lead over Gephardt....

<p>However, Gephardt's 7-percentage-point lead over Dean in the Iowa Poll appears a little wobbly. More of Dean's supporters say their minds are made up and they are certain of their participation in the Democratic caucuses, which launch the presidential nominating season for the nation.</p>

Article published Nov 9, 2003 Iowa Poll says Gephardt edges ahead of Dean Rep. Dick Gephardt of Missouri has inched ahead of former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean as leader for the Democratic presidential nomination in Iowa, according to a new poll surveying registered voters who plan to go the caucuses. Gephardt was the favorite of 27 percent and Dean, 20 percent, the Des Moines Sunday Register said in a copyright story. That's a gain of six percentage points for Gephardt and a three-point drop for Dean since July. The poll, conducted by Selzer & Co. Inc., of Des Moines,...