12-point shift by independents make Iowa U.S. Senate race ‘too close to call’ [View all]

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CEDAR RAPIDS — In the race for the first open Iowa U.S. Senate seat in nearly four decades, a shift by independent voters toward Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Bruce Braley makes that contest too close to call.

He trails Republican state Sen. Joni Ernst 47 percent to 45 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released this morning. That’s within the poll’s 3.2 percent margin of error.

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Ernst had a 50 to 44 percent lead a month ago, including a 50 to 43 percent lead among independent, Quinnipiac found. But the current poll shows independents backing Braley 48 to 43 percent.

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Women back Braley 52 to 39 percent, up from 50 to 44 percent in September, according to Quinnipiac. Men back Ernst 56 to 38 percent, virtually unchanged from 56 to 39 percent in September.

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Also, Braley is ahead among those who have already voted. Cross your fingers.