Poll: Trump holds double-digit lead in Iowa over Biden and Sanders
By: TAL AXELROD
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
President Trump holds strong leads over both former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in potential head-to-head matchups in Iowa, according to a Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa poll released Thursday.
Trump leads Biden among likely voters by a 51 percent to 41 percent margin, with 8 percent of voters saying they are undecided in the hypothetical matchup.
Trump gets the support of 53 percent of likely voters in a matchup with Sanders, who gets 41 percent support. Six percent of voters are undecided in a Trump-Sanders head-to-head.
The president is buoyed by a net-positive approval rating — 50 percent of Iowans approve of the job he’s doing, while 47 percent disapprove. Thursday’s poll marks the first time in which Trump’s approval rating has broken even in the survey.
“That is a high-water mark in the Iowa Poll,” said J. Ann Selzer of Selzer & Co., which conducted the survey.
While Democrats hope to remain competitive in Iowa, the Hawkeye State has trended Republican in statewide contests.
Iowa voted for former President Obama in both 2008 and 2012 but went for Trump by wider margins in 2016 than more solidly conservative states such as Texas.
The Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa poll surveyed 667 likely general election voters from March 2-5 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 percent.
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What a shock!
I don't see where green coffee in the rain is as good as an alley full of corn pop.
People are waking up to the fact that Biden is not really a moderate but actually is a radical leftist.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/11/opinion/moderate-joe-biden-has-moved-way-to-left/%3foutputType=amp
A radical leftist dupe to be precise!
Disregarding his current positions, Biden’s recent behavior suggests his mental malleability would be a bonanza for every special interest.
The man who is running for Senate and confuses his wife with his sister? Ya, I'd say he would be easily manipulated. I wonder if the credit card companies will use him again?
Btw, this illuminates how important the Biden campaign's VP selection will be. Probably the most import VP selection in history!
Disregarding his current positions, Biden’s recent behavior suggests his mental malleability would be a bonanza for every special interest.
Funny how The Hill and Fox News are running with this as if polls matter, lol. ( unless they show your candidate ahead )
538 is more worried about the virus and Americans beliefs.
PPD Wisconsin and Des Moine register are are the only polls favoring the POTUS at the moment...
but as you have said before, polls don't vote.
Yup. I'm glad you finally came on board. Was it this poll that did it?
I'm afraid so.