Iowa Poll: Walker maintains popularity with 7-point lead

[brooklynite]

Source: Des Moines Register

Scott Walker's popularity streak in Iowa is real: He's seven percentage points ahead of his nearest competition in the presidential horse race here, chased by a tight pack of four in a clear top tier: Ben Carson, Rand Paul, Jeb Bush and Mike Huckabee.

Marco Rubio lags in a single-digit scrum, but a deeper look into the numbers shows that if Walker is the hare in Iowa, Rubio may be the tortoise, potentially positioned to pull ahead if he campaigns hard, a new Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics Iowa Poll finds.

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Two-thirds of likely Republican caucusgoers view Walker favorably, the highest in the poll, including nearly a third of respondents who view him very favorably.

Walker is now more solidly the front-runner than in a January Iowa Poll, when he had 15 percent and was a lone percentage point ahead of Rand Paul, a Kentucky U.S. senator who agitates against government snooping and warmongering. Paul remains in second place, tied at 10 percent with Ben Carson, a retired brain surgeon who leads with women who plan to attend the GOP caucuses.

Read more: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2015/05/30/iowa-poll-scott-walker-seven-point-lead/28230505/

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Iowa liked Michele Bachmann, too.

Iowa GOPers seem to be waaaay out there.

[Thor_MN]

7. Michele Bachmann is from Iowa (Waterloo)

Just like John Wayne... Gacy.

[brooklynite]

15. Actually, they didn't

she won the straw poll and crashed and burned in the Caucus (Santorum won)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. Oh, yeah; you're right. But Santorum is hardly an improvement. :)

[workinclasszero]

25. Thats right

Then: "Crazy Eyes" Bachmann...now...Herr Walker.

Good job Iowa teahaddists!

[Journeyman]

2. And here's another 7 points for why Iowa shouldn't be "first in the nation" every election . . .

whack-ass crazies on parade every four years (and the candidates they choose among aren't any different).

[brooklynite]

17. The role of Iowa isn't so much to decide Who will be President as to decide who won't

It helps weed out the week candidates before the big Primaries.

[delrem]

3. A president Scott Walker is something to be feared.

The guy has won elections and has wreaked havoc on labor, esp. -- if I recall correctly.

But really, I can't think of ANY Dem who couldn't beat him in a Federal election.

I think 2016 should go to the Dems for the taking, it's so obvious.

So it's a question of where Dems hearts are.

[Enthusiast]

4. "So it's a question of where Dems hearts are."

Exactly. If we don't nominate Bernie, Hillary will lose to Walker in the general.

[delrem]

5. I'm not so sure of that.

I think ANY dem can beat Walker in the general. Including Hillary.

I mean c'mon, if *that* was the choice, wouldn't you vote for Hillary?

Yup, I mean ANY dem could beat the clown car.

[Rossi]

16. Walker can't carry the center.

Only the right. So he can't win the general, even if he wins the primaries, which is unlikely.

[Jimbo S]

23. Walker has done very well carrying Wisconsin's center

Do not take this man lightly.

[pansypoo53219]

6. 'won'

[INdemo]

9. Democrats should retake Control of both Houses but

Debbie Wasserman Schultz must be replaced a DNC Chair

Unions are finished if Walker should win. National Right to Work law is on his agenda

And Koch Bros Money is loading him

[deutsey]

10. To quote Animal House: "He's a sneaky little shit..."

With the Kochs apparently supporting him, he is scary indeed.

[Jimbo S]

24. "Government by surprise"

is how one poster put it on a local message board recently. Walker is a sneaky little shit.

[rurallib]

8. we got an idiot governor. Iowa likes idiot governors

[47of74]

19. Fortuntately we have a slightly Democratic Senate

That keeps Braindead from his dreams of teabag glory.

[SmittynMo]

11. Walker?

You're kidding me, right? This snake in the grass won't win squat. I mean, look at the clown car. There is no one that is even worth mentioning. And no matter who they pick in the end, they'll lose. It is kinda scary that the GOP think he's the man. OMG, give me a friggin break.

[fredamae]

12. hahahahahaha

Nice biased poll? Was this a Desmoines Register Newspaper poll? Cuz we all know how reliable those are

[SoapBox]

13. ...

[Politicalboi]

14. Joni Ernst should have been the clue

That Iowa shouldn't matter ANYMORE. Oink!

[47of74]

18. The day after election day last year...

...if I could've I would have packed up and moved to Minnesota.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

21. Please come! Minnesota wants more sane people

just to be sure the crazies never take over.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

22. IA borders WI. Haven't they been paying attention?

Or do they really think destroying a state is a good test for destroying a country?

[Koinos]

27. Sadly True

I guess Iowa didn't get the memo from Wisconsin: Median income drop of $9000 since the Koch puppet took office. And I mean "took," with all the unprosecuted voting irregularities.

[HassleCat]

26. Looking good so far

So far most of the Republican candidates are too far to the right to be acceptable to voters. Sure, they will run to the middle after the primaries, but they're so far to the right most of them can't even find the middle right now.

[Koinos]

28. Looks like "so far to the right" now means "so far to the wrong" (in every way).

[HassleCat]

29. Yep. Only one problem

So many of the red states believe the cure for right wing craziness is a shift further right, with a big blob of more craziness, topped with nuts and a cherry. People are getting tired of the constant barrage of Tea Party patriotism, but they're not quite fed up enough to chase the crazies out of office. Maybe if we elect Jeb Bush and he invades Syria, that will do it.