A new Quinnipiac poll shows Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) taking a nine-point lead, 51-42, among likely Iowa voters over Democratic challenger Patty Judge, a former lieutenant governor.
Iowa’s Senate race has been closely watched after the seven-term senator refused to hold hearings on President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland. A poll in June showed a close race, with Judge just one point behind Grassley, but the incumbent’s lead has strengthened in recent polls.
The most recent Iowa Senate poll, by Suffolk University, placed Grassley 10 points ahead of his challenger.
The Quinnipiac poll was conducted Aug. 9-16 among 846 likely Iowa general election voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percent.
TPM’s PollTracker Average shows Grassley ahead of Judge, 51.3 to 42.
The poll doesn’t reflect that 51 points is an unprecedented low for this man; he can be taken out, with appropriate funding and it being targeted.
Will someone please start asking him about Trump.
Its doubtful it will happen this cycle. The Loras poll is definitely the outlier, and everybody has been showing him with a comfortable lead of around 10 points. Plus he has a huge financial advantage.
Things don’t look great in Ohio either, where Stickland is not fighting back while getting buried by Portman on the airwaves and in the polls.
On the upside however, we are looking much better in NC and pushing up in MO. And I feel that FL will tighten after the primaires at the end of this month. Things are also looking much better in AZ.
Realistically, I see us taking WI, IL, IN, PA, NH and a better than 50% chance of taking NC, and about 50% in FL and MO. That’s 8 with 3 up in the air…we won’t lose all three, but we probably won’t win all three. So a +6-7 seats.
Times like these are reminders of how suicidal an unkept republic can be.
Grassley: This is working out great. I will block all SCOTUS nominees when Hillary becomes president.