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Celerity

(54,168 posts) Sat Oct 9, 2021, 05:44 PM Oct 2021

WTF's wrong w/ Iowa? Trump has a 32 point lead over Biden in net favourability in the supposed 'gold [View all]

standard' Des Moines Register poll.

Trump (+8 net) 53% favourable, 45% unfavourable

Biden (- 24 net) 37% favourable, 61% unfavourable

https://eu.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/iowa-poll/2021/10/04/iowa-poll-ratings-former-president-donald-trump-rally-des-moines/8378131002/

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Methodology and more detail:

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21075990-methodology-for-10421-trump?responsive=1&title=1

Biden's national approval ratings from polls at the same time as the DM Register poll

Biden's national approval ratings from now, from the most recent polls (toss out Rasmussen of course, plus Trafalgar and Quinnipiac look like outliers, as does, in the other direction, Redfield & Wilton)

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WTF's wrong w/ Iowa? Trump has a 32 point lead over Biden in net favourability in the supposed 'gold [View all] Celerity Oct 2021 OP

Pardon me but... Ellipsis Oct 2021 #1

+10000000000000 Initech Oct 2021 #20

+1000. Remembering also that Biden came in fourth in IA's Dem primary Hortensis Oct 2021 #23

A Sign That The Democrats Should Invest ZERO $ In Iowa SoCalDavidS Oct 2021 #2

OK, forget investing $, but don't dare fail to invest time and energy, elleng Oct 2021 #3

deffo agree that it should NOT be first, & those caucuses (and all caucuses) need to be binned ASAP Celerity Oct 2021 #4

Unbelievable stupidity is alive and well in Iowa. triron Oct 2021 #5

As it is in how many other states that SharonClark Oct 2021 #29

Shit, they're about to send Grassley back for another term at age 90. Haggard Celine Oct 2021 #6

Pass the infrastructure and Build Back Better bills in congress and watch what happens. UCmeNdc Oct 2021 #7

Young people leave when they get a chance making the state turn more right wing JI7 Oct 2021 #8

That sounds plausible as part of the explanation. Brain drain. Celerity Oct 2021 #10

Must be the water! PortTack Oct 2021 #9

this independent voter is slamming it down Celerity Oct 2021 #16

Or Deminpenn Oct 2021 #18

And Iowa gets first say in choosing our candidate why? dem4decades Oct 2021 #11

Iowa rso Oct 2021 #12

Iowa is one of the most rural states with one of the whitest populations. Drunken Irishman Oct 2021 #13

Iowa has been a deeply red state for several years now. This is hardly surprising news. LonePirate Oct 2021 #14

hard to believe obama won iowa twice (by small margins) nt msongs Oct 2021 #15

My sister in Omaha (who is a democrat) says IOWA stands for triron Oct 2021 #17

LOL! Deminpenn Oct 2021 #19

So what is her acronym for Nebraska? SharonClark Oct 2021 #25

yes but Omaha went for Biden. triron Oct 2021 #37

Pass President Biden's agenda . NOW! Watch what happens to his approval ratings! UCmeNdc Oct 2021 #21

It wouldn't make any difference because SharonClark Oct 2021 #27

No more caucuses for them vercetti2021 Oct 2021 #22

I guess you would have to put them up head to head Red Mountain Oct 2021 #24

Trump won in 2020 by a little more than 8% Red Mountain Oct 2021 #30

Perhaps a symptom moondust Oct 2021 #26

Bingo SharonClark Oct 2021 #28

That poll is mostly an indicator of the degree of success of right-wing brainwashing... KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2021 #31

Messaging is all that matters in Iowa? UCmeNdc Oct 2021 #32

Farmers. KentuckyWoman Oct 2021 #33

Dear media: Quit calling Iowa a fucking SWING state!! Wanderlust988 Oct 2021 #34

... roamer65 Oct 2021 #35

I don't know, but it's kind of amusing the state is spending money on advertising to try to Vinca Oct 2021 #36