Fresh off a four-way primary race that drew millions in outside spending, Democrat Theresa Greenfield leads Republican Sen. Joni Ernst by 3 percentage points in Iowa’s hotly contested U.S. Senate race, a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows. According to the poll, 46% of likely voters say they would […] Read more »
The Return of Big Government
The Great Depression, 9/11, and the 2008 financial crisis dealt serious shocks to the nation and resulted in the expansion of government. When a crisis happens, leaders in Washington try to mitigate financial ruin and to boost morale which often results in the creation of programs that have a lasting […] Read more »
The myth of rural America’s protection from the coronavirus
Louisa County, Iowa, sits across the Mississippi River from Illinois. The county seat is Wapello, population 2,000. There are about 28 people for every square mile of the county, putting it in the 27th percentile of counties nationally for population density. It’s big and open. It’s the sort of place […] Read more »
Iowa Poll: Joni Ernst’s approval rating slips as she mounts reelection campaign
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst’s approval rating has fallen among all Iowans as she begins mounting her re-election campaign, but a plurality of Iowa voters say they would definitely vote to re-elect her. According to a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll, Ernst’s approval rating has slipped from a high point […] Read more »
Bernie Sanders hits a ceiling in first primary contests
If 2020 was supposed to be the year Sen. Bernie Sanders built on his momentum from the last presidential race and captured the Democratic nomination for president, the surge that would make that possible is not appearing in the party’s early contests. The data out of Iowa and New Hampshire […] Read more »
The Democratic nomination contest doesn’t look like any from the past
Halfway through the early state primaries and caucuses, Democrats are no closer to clarifying their nominating contest than they were at the turn of the new year. In the coming two contests — Nevada’s caucuses next Saturday and South Carolina’s primary on Feb. 29 — the “winners” from Iowa and […] Read more »