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Ginned Up Scandals Have No Impact As Poll Finds Hillary Clinton Rolling In Iowa

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Last updated on September 25th, 2023 at 01:41 pm

A new Quinnipiac University poll has found that the attempts to gin up various scandals against Hillary Clinton has had no impact in Iowa as the Democratic frontrunner continues to roll.

According to the poll:

With 60 percent of the vote among Iowa likely Democratic Caucus participants, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has an early lock on the first-in-the-nation presidential test, apparently undamaged by a nationwide flood of negative publicity, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.

This compares to a 61 percent Clinton showing in Iowa in a February 26 survey by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont has 15 percent among Democrats, with 11 percent for Vice President Joseph Biden and 3 percent each for former U.S. Sen. James Webb of Virginia and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley. Another 7 percent are undecided.

Clinton and Biden each get 7 percent on the “no way” list when likely Democratic Caucus participants name a candidate they would “definitely not support.” Sanders gets 6 percent.

Iowa Democrats say 76 – 17 percent that Clinton is honest and trustworthy, with Biden at 84 – 10 percent.

It appears that Clinton has a much stronger bond with Iowa caucusgoers than she did in 2008. Bernie Sanders has become the top Democratic alternative to Clinton, and he is likely to pick up more of the non-Clinton support in future polls. It will be interesting to follow what happens to Vice President Biden’s supporters. A Biden candidacy is looking doubtful, and one would expect a majority of his supporters to support Hillary Clinton.

From Benghazi to Clinton Cash, the Republican attempts to create a scandal have not slowed down Democratic enthusiasm for former Sec. of State Clinton.

Contrary to what some in the Republican Party have been hoping for, the vast majority of Democrats aren’t crying out for an alternative to Hillary Clinton.

Iowa could be a microcosm of the 2016 primary process for each party. Democrats are rolling along while Republicans have no clear leader. Support for Scott Walker has dipped from 25% to 21% in Iowa while four Republican side four candidates are within two points of each other for second place. Rand Paul (13%), Marco Rubio (13%), Ted Cruz (12%), and Mike Huckabee (11%) are locked in a tight contest, with Jeb Bush (5%) stuck in seventh place.

Democrats seem confident in their candidate while Republicans remain locked up in a long-term identity crisis. Iowa is not the country’s most demographically representative state, but the political dynamics on the ground may perfectly sum up the differences in the race for each party’s nomination.

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