In the year since President Trump pulled off his stunning upset of Hillary Clinton, Democrats have blamed the result on all kinds of factors: James Comey’s letter, Russian hackers, voter suppression, Jill Stein’s candidacy and depressed African-American turnout, to name a few. The truth? In an election decided by fractions […] Read more »
Iowa’s Swing to Republicans Is a Matter of (Lacking a) Degree
… Iowa’s dramatic change has been both abrupt and a long time in coming. In 2008, the state propelled Mr. Obama to the White House. A year later, it was the first in the Midwest to legalize same-sex marriage. But last November, Mr. Trump won Iowa by a larger margin than […] Read more »
Iowa Poll: 58% of Iowans oppose Congress’ actions on health care
Few Iowans like how Congress is attempting to revamp the nation’s health care system, a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows. Just 29 percent of Iowa adults say they mostly support the direction congressional Republicans are taking on health care, according to the poll. Twice as many — 58 […] Read more »
These Iowans voted for Trump. Many of them are already disappointed.
… Of the six swing states that were key to Trump’s unexpected win in November, his margin of victory was the highest in Iowa, where he beat Clinton by 9 percentage points. Yet at the dawn of his presidency, only 42 percent of Iowans approve of the job that he’s […] Read more »
Iowans like Obamacare more now that it is imperiled
Iowans have grown fonder of Obamacare as its potential demise looms larger, a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows. … The new poll shows most of Obamacare’s main elements remain popular with Iowans. For example, 87 percent of Iowans want to retain a ban on insurance companies denying coverage […] Read more »
The Iowa Outlier, Where Obama Voters Go Trump
In an election where a dominant narrative is Hillary Clinton trying to expand the Democratic electoral map, Iowa is a noteworthy an outlier. The Hawkeye State voted for Barack Obama for president in 2008 and 2012 by good margins, and yet most polls show Donald Trump with a slight lead […] Read more »