Poll Shows Trump, Sanders Leading In Iowa

Later, campaigning in Cedar Falls, Mr Rubio played down differences among the Republican hopefuls, casting himself as the party’s best hope against the Democrats. They are followed by U.S. Sen. The Texas senator directed most of his final advertising against Mr Rubio as the senators’ feud intensified at the Iowa finish line. Ten percent of those polled were undecided. The margin of error in both polls, however, is just over 4 percent, effectively making the contest a jump-ball between Clinton and Sanders.

On the Democratic side, there are indications that Iowans, like New Hampshire voters, would largely be satisfied with either Clinton or Sanders at the top of the ticket.

The trio of governors has had a light footprint in Iowa, banking instead on strong showings in New Hampshire’s February 9 primary to jumpstart their White House bids.

In the Democratic competition, Clinton held a slight edge over Sanders, the senator from Vermont, 45 percent to 42 percent, according to Saturday’s poll.

The rules for Democrats require a candidate to be meet a minimum threshold of support before their votes can be counted, marking a key test for long-shot Democratic candidate Martin O’Malley, now polling at 3%. In December, the last time the question was asked by the survey center, 59 percent named Clinton as the likely victor and only 28 percent named Sanders.

Donald Trump’s crowd in Council Bluffs wasn’t as big Sunday afternoon, but it was still vocal, as the GOP frontrunner sang the praises of his supporters for their loyalty. Rubio is viewed by many Republicans as a more mainstream alternative to Trump and Cruz, though he’ll need to stay competitive in Iowa in order to maintain his viability.

Mr Cruz took to the airwaves to challenge the conservative credentials of Mr Rubio. Bush is second with 12 percent, while 14 percent said all of the candidates are acceptable. Former senior Democrat and Iowan Tom Harkin said, “She’s not as unique as Bernie Sanders, and in every election some people want the unique, the new, the untried”.

Her rival Bernie Sanders, a political outsider, urged his supporters to help him make history and send a message to those who back establishment politics.

That the Times’ endorsement goes to the well-established, centrist candidate in the race should surprise nobody – despite the paper’s liberal reputation, it tends to hew more closely to Clinton’s pragmatic approach to politics than Sanders’ calls for a political revolution. In an early Democratic presidential debate, he declared that the American people were “sick and tired” of hearing about it.

Caucus-goers will first separate into groups based on who they support.

“The stakes are too high, the costs are too dear, and I am not and will not be afraid to keep fighting for common sense reforms and along with you, achieve those on behalf of all who have been lost because of this senseless gun violence in this country”, she said in June.

Whether that assumption is correct will determine whether or not this final poll is an accurate prediction of the outcome on Monday.