Iowa state Sen. Joni Ernst (R) leads Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA) 49 percent to 46 percent among likely voters in the Iowa race for U.S. Senate, according to a new NBC News/Marist poll released Sunday.
That’s a slight increase from earlier this month when Ernst was leading Braley 46 percent to 44 percent, according to the poll.
Ernst’s lead is partially due to a lead among independents, where she is ahead 49 percent to 41 percent. Braley, meanwhile, leads among early voters 52 percent to 47 percent, the poll found.
The new poll was conducted from Oct 18 to Oct. 22 among 772 likely voters. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
Iowans are not that stupid.
The question that needs to be asked is, “For fuck’s sake, why?”
Tea Slag rising? Please, Iowa, don’t elect this gun-totin’ douche bag–she’s Iowa’s bat-guano answer to Michele Bachmann, and a damned poor excuse for a candidate.
Seeing as how Iowans keep sending Grassley back to Washington with hefty margins of victory, I’m not surprised Ernst is competitive, even if the state leans Dem in presidential years, but Braley must be a terrible campaigner for her to constantly have an edge in polling.
This woman is Michele Bachmann/ Steve King level crazy and I’d like to believe Iowans will come to their senses by election day.
She is, but the MSM has pretty much left that alone. Occasionally someone will dredge up some of her crazy sayings, her campaign refuses to acknowledge them, and then the MSM drops it…after releasing a few obligatory puff pieces on her duty in the national guard.
Meanwhile, they were quick to paint Braley as a lawyer who hates farmers, and the MSM hasn’t let go of that theme.
Its not entirely the media’s fault…Braley has been less than a stellar candidate. And each and every attack he has leveled against her has been entirely ignored.