What the fuck is wrong with Iowa ?

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8. I am from Iowa and am baffled also

Ernst's numbers have gone nowhere throughout the race. Braley's have been up and down depending on the poll - there was a Q poll that seems to be an outlier.
Almost makes me wonder more about the polling methods. Absentee balloting and early voting seems to greatly favor Dems.

Interesting point - I talked with a friend who was at a meeting in Western (republican) Iowa. He said there are few ads on TV over there and mostly the Joni Ernst "Gee, I'm a mother and an Iowan just like you" ads. Here in the Eastern part we are getting the nastiest anti-Braley ads the Kochs can buy.
He said that he was told that the strategy is to hammer eastern Iowa with negativity to try to keep the voting down. Once more it is a question of getting out the vote.