Poll Finds GOPer Ernst With Widened Lead Over Dem Braley

Republican senatorial candidate State Sen. Joni Ernst, makes a statement to the media after her debate with Democratic senatorial candidates Rep. Bruce Braley, at Simpson College Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, in Indianola,... Republican senatorial candidate State Sen. Joni Ernst, makes a statement to the media after her debate with Democratic senatorial candidates Rep. Bruce Braley, at Simpson College Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, in Indianola, Iowa. (AP Photo/Justin Hayworth) MORE LESS
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Iowa Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Joni Ernst seems to be inching ahead of Rep. Bruce Braley, according to a new USA Today/Suffolk University poll released Wednesday.

The poll found Ernst leading Braley 47 percent to 43 percent among likely Iowa voters. That poll followed a Quinnipiac University poll earlier in the day showing 47 percent for Ernst to 45 percent for Braley among likely voters.

Recent polling has generally shown Ernst with a lead of somewhere in between 2 to 3 percentage points over Braley.

The USA Today/Suffolk University also found 7.4 percent remain undecided.

In late August a USA Today/Suffolk University poll found Ernst and Braley tied at 40 percent each.

Before the new USA Today/Suffolk University poll, the TPM Polltracker average found Ernst with a 3.5 point lead over Braley.

The poll was conducted among 500 likely voters between Oct. 11 and Oct. 14. The margin of error was plus or minus 4 percentage points.

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  1. Jesus. There are simply no words.

  2. The prospect of a “western swinging door” of nutcases in Congress is sickening. Bachmann leaves the House, Ernst enters the Senate? It’s a world gone mad!!

  3. P.S. Is that a broom on Ernst’s head??

  4. the Demowimps can’t even win this one wow. i guess this saying is true even chuck todd knows it. As a GOPer member of Congress explained some years ago, bipartisanship consists of the Democrats doing what the GOP tells them to do.

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