Iowa
Related: About this forumBraley ahead by one point in Loras poll
http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/2179c54e-c04c-578d-be9b-e3fcd18bce57.htmlI will take that one point!!!!!!
slumcamper
(1,787 posts)Peacetrain
(24,291 posts)that is what matters in the end..
progressoid
(53,368 posts)But things may be turning around for us!
Peacetrain
(24,291 posts)of Branstads coat tails,
The big money commericals
and the big turn out of republican early voters this time
I have to say, this poll lifted the spirits for sure.
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)DES MOINES Joni Ernst is pulling away from Bruce Braley in the final days before the election, a new poll suggests.
Ernst leads Braley by 4 percent more than the margin for error in the latest poll by Quinnipiac University, released Wednesday morning.
Quinnipiac, which has been polling in Iowa throughout the 2014 cycle, surveyed 817 likely voters from Oct. 22 to Oct. 27. The margin for error is 3.4 percent.
In this latest survey, 49 percent of respondents chose Ernst to 45 percent for Braley.
Read more at http://www.kcrg.com/subject/news/politics/ernst-pulling-away-from-braley-poll-says-20141029#2tfyZYZXMtypBilw.99
slumcamper
(1,787 posts)Still over 60,000 Dem absentee ballots out. Over 40,000 Rep. And 40,000 Ind. Lots of "sleepers."
Hopefully alarms sound soon, people awaken from their slumber, and they CARE enough to vote.
If not, then we've failed to communicate a meaningful message that is personal, connects, and resonates with voters enough to spark their enthusiasm.
I've already voted for him, but frankly I've found Braley's campaign and the events I've attended uninspiring and downright boring.
IADEMO2004
(6,452 posts)In the courthouse "Joni's former office". Harkin won Montgomery County in 2008 but they love the loon from the "Little White City" Stanton.
slumcamper
(1,787 posts)Such a soul-soothing reminder: WOMEN WILL DECIDE THIS ELECTION. Iowa women, let's go!
4-0 here, although 3 are voting on Tuesday.
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