Iowa Poll: Trump, Sanders Leading

He announced that Sarah Palin will again join him Monday for a final get-out-the-vote effort and in an interview with ABC News Trump bragged about “how well I’m doing with evangelicals”. “I wanted to do whatever I could”. Both Trump and Sanders have been trying to expand the universe of Iowa voters by bringing in people who have never caucused before. Voters group into sections designated for their preferred candidates and are then counted.

The 2016 Iowa caucus polls also point to a quieter, yet still very important race.

On the Democratic side, former secretary of State Hillary Clinton defended herself against the 11th-hour revelation Friday that 22 emails couldn’t be released because they were classified – giving new life to a controversy over her use of an unsecured personal server to keep her e-mails off the State Department system.

The Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics poll of 602 likely Democratic Iowa caucus-goers showed Clinton had 45 percent to Sanders’ 42 percent, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percent, meaning the two candidates were statistically tied. Marco Rubio. He comes in third now with 15 percent, but he pops in the second-choice question.

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Trump leads the other Republican contenders by about 5 points there, according to the latest RealClearPolitics average of surveys. But Obama’s unexpected 2008 victory was instrumental in his path to the nomination, easing the anxieties of those who anxious the young black senator would struggle to win white voters. Only 2% remain undecided and 14% of those who name a candidate say they might change their mind.

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Cruz is neck and neck with front runner Donald trump. “Donald Trump, on the other hand, is really hoping that first-time caucusgoers who support him go out”. Both are seeking to get nontraditional participants out.

Among the wide Republican field, recent polling suggests that businessman Mr Trump has a comfortable, though not certain, lead over his main rival, Texas Senator Mr Cruz. According to the Iowa Caucus Project at Drake University, the participation rate of conservative Christians in the caucuses is twice that of the general election.

Turnout was expected to be high.

All the campaigns are pushing to get voters out.

For the Democratic Party, Bernie Sanders leads Hillary Clinton 49% to 46%, respectively. Brad Anderson, a Des Moines political consultant who has backed Clinton, offered his home as a base for volunteers. You had the poll came out yesterday and it says we’re No. 1 and that’s good. The scope of the billionaire’s organization in Iowa is a mystery, though Trump himself has intensified his campaign schedule during the final sprint, including a pair of rallies Monday.