Sunday, September 14, 2008

Des Moines Register Poll Shows Obama up by 12% in Iowa

During the 2006 elections and leading up to the 2008 Iowa Caucuses the Des Moines Register's polls were the most accurate.

Today, the Des Moines Register released a poll that shows Barack Obama leading John McCain 52% to 40%.

Obama leads among independents 49% to 36% and among women 53% to 39%. Obama also holds a 2 to 1 margin among young voters.

The Register adds...

The poll underscores some key advantages Obama has had in Iowa.

He visited dozens of times last year and built a statewide network of volunteers on his way to a decisive victory in Iowa's leadoff nominating caucuses last January.

McCain campaigned in Iowa less often and ran a scaled-down caucus operation, finishing in a close fourth-place in the GOP caucuses before rebounding in the New Hampshire primary.

Democrats also enjoy their largest voter registration edge over Republicans in roughly 20 years -- more than 94,000 out of roughly 2 million voters, according to August statistics from the Iowa Secretary of State.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

It looks wonderful right now, but we cant rest on our lead. Now is the time to take it to McBush.

I found this link to the Iowa call challange, where you can make phone calls in the privacy of your own home for Obama. The top five callers get to meet Obama and Biden,

http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/IAcallchallenge

Best of luck!

Anonymous said...

Nice comment Gerty.
Lets win Iowa!