Last Poll Before Iowa Caucus Shows Trump, Clinton Leading

For Cruz, however, the poll is down a bit from where he stood in most December and early January polling.

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“We are talking about serious offenses for which the Obama Justice Department threw the book at General (David) Petraeus”, he said.

That narrative has been tested by the rise of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump’s dominance, but the 2016 race has consistently defied expectations, and will likely continue to do so.

When the results are in from Iowa the focus will shift to New Hampshire, where the next votes will be cast on February 9. However, voters who feel the system is rigged and thousands of first time young voters are behind Sanders and they could pull off an upset win for the self-proclaimed socialist, according to a Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Iowa Poll.

“If a lot of people come, Trump wins by a lot”.

“Don’t tell me I am protecting or defending the gun lobby, don’t tell me I am attacking Planned Parenthood”, Sanders said in Charles City, visibly perturbed.

Sanders offered a similarly blunt assessment of his chances. Braley’s campaign decried the poll, calling it an “outlier”. “We will lose the caucus on Monday night if there is a low voter turnout”, Sanders said.

Trump for months has dominated the polls nationally and in Iowa. He said his own campaign’s recent ad against the former secretary of state over speaking fees she received from Goldman Sachs was simply a matter of self-defense.

The survey found that Sanders has the backing of one in three Democratic voters who are first-time caucus-goers, while Clinton has a deeper and studier support than Sanders in most areas. Polls show Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist who is an independent in the Senate, neck-and-neck with Clinton in Iowa.

In the Democratic race, Mr. Sanders called the contest against Ms. Clinton a likely tossup depending on the turnout. White House hopefuls of both parties have flocked to the Hawkeye State to make their last-minute pitches to voters, and Rubio is no exception, airing 30-minute television specials in every media market in the state over the weekend. Trump didn’t name any such senators, and none immediately emerged.

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., for “embracing the alarmist views of the front-runners”. This election is not going to be decided by one or two states. The mailer refers to a “voting violation” and grades the recipient’s voting history and that of several neighbors, citing public records. Their scores are published below, and many of them will see your score as well. “When you go to caucus Monday night, please think of this”. “A follow-up notice may be issued following Monday’s caucuses”.

Here’s a quick glimpse at how the Iowa caucus works.

Trump didn’t show up, but over 1,200 enthusiastic Cruz supporters did.