One of the criticisms of Iowa’s role at the front of the presidential nominating process is that the state is overwhelmingly white.
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Several Republican candidates attended church services Sunday _ in part, a testament to the influence that evangelical Christians wield in the Republican contest.
CNN’s Nia-Malika Henderson shared reporting on the Clinton campaign’s effort to maximize African-American turnout, including bringing some high-profile surrogates into Iowa for final weekend help. They are followed by U.S. Sen.
Asked by “This Week” anchor George Stephanopoulos, “Did you ever imagine then that on the eve of the Iowa caucuses, you’d be leading – leading pretty big in every state?”
That’s true for a Washington Post story that discusses the Des Moines Register poll discussed above, which certainly doesn’t show that. “And in a race that’s going to be really close, as we can tell from these polls, these voters will matter”. They planned to urge those residents to go out and caucus Monday night.
But this uncertainty doesn’t mean there aren’t places to look for important clues for the winners, and Jackie Kucinich of The Daily Beast shared a few tips on places her sources suggest will be good barometers of Iowa’s mood.
“I’m going after all of them” she declared in Davenport, her tone escalating to a shout.
But Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver said in a statement that the Clinton campaign had not accepted debates his team proposed for March 3 in MI and April 14 in NY.
“We can join the rest of the world – guaranteed health care to all people as a right”.
Republican primary voters in New Hampshire are less conservative than those in other early states. “There is student involvement in local politics, like in student government, but I think that a lot more is needed”.
“That’s a person running for president”.
Later, campaigning in Cedar Falls, Rubio downplayed differences among the Republican hopefuls, casting himself as the party’s best hope against the Democrats. But some questioned whether he’s wasting his time – especially since he has no plans to have any meaningful time with Clinton. Now he is leaning toward Sanders. In addition, 56 percent say they would be very or fairly enthusiastic if Cruz is the nominee, compared with 44 percent who say that about Trump.
But Glover is somewhat unique.
The last major preference poll before the caucuses showed a tight Democratic race. Now retired, he gets to shed his objectivity and pick sides.
LLAMAS: In the final days, Cruz slipping, under heavy fire from Trump.
Fournier recounted a sit-down with Glover about his personal choice – not his professional observations.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets supporters at Abraham Lincoln High School in Des Moines. She was the inevitable nominee in his mind. The poll offered particularly bad news for Republicans Marco Rubio – whose supposed big “surge” was not detected by Selzer – and the six once-formidable candidates (Christie, Bush, Fiorina, Kasich, Huckabee and Santorum) who were in the low single-digits.
“And what’s happened here, it’s kind of freaky”, he said.
That narrative has been tested by the rise of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump’s dominance, but the 2016 race has consistently defied expectations, and will likely continue to do so. “Nobody likes him… you can’t run a country that way…it will be a total mess”, Trump said.
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Indicators of greater enthusiasm for Clinton can also be seen outside Iowa.
