“I think it has to do with being more of a traditionalist, science-based pollster”, she told the news website, explaining her remarkable accuracy. Trump, for example, called Cruz a liar at least three times on ABC’s “This Week” for having said in a Des Moines Register ad that Trump supports President Barack Obama’s signature health care law.
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For Republicans, meanwhile, the warm feelings toward the top candidates are not universal: 50% have a positive view of Trump, 65% of Cruz, 70% for Rubio and 72% for Carson.
“He’s always looking to take whatever position it takes to win votes or raise money, and we’re not going to beat Hillary Clinton with someone that will say or do anything to get elected”, he said.
“I’m telling my people to hold strong”, he said, as a group of mostly young supporters chanted “hold strong” behind him. Only 9 percent of likely primary voters in the state have an unfavorable opinion of Sanders, while a quarter hold a negative opinion of Clinton.
A blizzard is bearing down on the upper Midwest, with at least some snow expected in parts of Iowa during Monday evening’s caucuses.
Senator Bernie Sanders addressed a packed auditorium at Grandview University, sweltering and muggy from body heat.
“I’ve covered a lot of ground”, Clinton said, adding that she has met thousands of people. And a portion of the party that I think now feels that they do have a place in the discussion.
Campaign manager Robby Mook, who won Nevada for Clinton in 2008, sent staff to Iowa early to try to master the caucus process, and Clinton opted for small events in intimate environments rather than rock-star rallies. “I mean, we’ve had the biggest crowds – bigger than anybody, bigger than Bernie, Bernie is second, I will say that – but the crowds have been incredible”.
“I’ve tried to fix a problem that’s a very serious issue in Texas and in Florida, and it’s a hard issue”, Rubio said.
Republicans Donald Trump and Ted Cruz on Sunday jockeyed for the crucial conservative vote before the first US presidential nominating contest in Iowa on Monday, sparring over health care, voting records and a Supreme Court ruling that legalised gay marriage. “Amnesty. The Republican Obama”.
The poll is considered by pundits to be one of the most accurate, based on recent years.
In Iowa, Bing Predicts models expect a close race for both parties. For results among the sample of likely Republican primary voters, the margin of sampling error is plus or minus 4.8 percentage points, it is 5.3 for results among likely Democratic voters.
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Bauer reported from Ames, Iowa.
