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Algernon Moncrieff

(5,781 posts)
Wed Feb 5, 2020, 02:03 AM Feb 2020

An anecdotal observation about Iowa and Joe

(I'd be curious to hear Omaha Steve's take, as well as any other IA/Quad City DUers)

I live in the Omaha TV market, meaning ads for Western Iowa. I saw very few ads for Joe Biden.

I did not do any studies or formal counts, but I'd say this is the rough order of whose ads I saw most:

Bernie
Steyer
Yang
Mayor Pete (more of that in the past two weeks)
Klobuchar (mostly in the past week)

I can remember seeing Biden ads like 2-3 times in the past six weeks, and maybe twice that for Elizabeth Warren.

I saw billboards and yard signs for Tulsi, and a Farmers for Bernie sign that.

I can't speak to what was shown in Sioux City, Des Moines, or the Quads.

My take was that the Biden campaign chose to deploy resources elsewhere. Maybe a DUer in another part of Iowa saw something different.

I'm neither ready to crown Pete or Bernie, nor ready to write off Biden. I think we have a lot more campaigning and voting to do.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
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An anecdotal observation about Iowa and Joe (Original Post) Algernon Moncrieff Feb 2020 OP
This dumb ole guy from a deep red county in PA thinks Joe... JoeOtterbein Feb 2020 #1
4th place,barely @ the 15% level questionseverything Feb 2020 #2
When I am looking around at local elections he in the St. Louis, MO area Sherman A1 Feb 2020 #3
 

JoeOtterbein

(7,699 posts)
1. This dumb ole guy from a deep red county in PA thinks Joe...
Wed Feb 5, 2020, 02:07 AM
Feb 2020

...lost big last night.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

questionseverything

(9,645 posts)
2. 4th place,barely @ the 15% level
Wed Feb 5, 2020, 02:33 AM
Feb 2020

not a good night for joe

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
3. When I am looking around at local elections he in the St. Louis, MO area
Wed Feb 5, 2020, 06:11 AM
Feb 2020

I find that my yard sign poll is generally correct. The candidate or issue that has the most yard sign usually wins.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
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