Iowa Democrats Stick With Hillary Clinton in Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Poll

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Hillary Clinton remains the overwhelming favorite among Iowa Democrats looking ahead to next year's presidential caucuses, though Bernie Sanders has quickly risen as Elizabeth Warren's proxy for the anti-establishment alternative.

Clinton is the first choice for 57 percent of likely Democratic caucus-goers in a new Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Iowa Poll conducted May 25-29, up a percentage point from the previous poll in January. Controversies dating from her tenure as secretary of state, from her handling of the Benghazi attacks and her use of private e-mail to the Clinton Foundation's acceptance of contributions from foreign governments, have not weakened her campaign in Iowa, though many Democrats remain concerned they could hurt her in a general election.


Clinton's favorability rating among likely Democratic caucus-goers is actually two points higher now, at 86 percent, than in January. Her unfavorable rating is down three points, to 12 percent. Sanders's favorability got a boost to 47 percent from 37 percent, while 41 percent still say they don't know how they feel about him.

“The reality is, this is a field where nobody has effectively stepped up to challenge Hillary Clinton, full stop,” said J. Ann Selzer, president of West Des Moines-based Selzer & Co., which conducted the poll



http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-06-01/iowa-democrats-stick-with-hillary-clinton-in-bloomberg-politics-des-moines-register-poll


Please don't shoot me...I am just reporting what I learned. Would you shoot your doctor if he told you that you have diabetes?


Thank you in advance.

[Wilms]

1. Sanders is "Elizabeth Warren's proxy"?

What are they afraid of??

[trumad]

2. Maybe dropping to 56 percent?

[upaloopa]

3. You don't have to tell Hillary supporters

We know and we won't shoot you

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. It wasn't you I was worried about?

[upaloopa]

5. I expect to see some weeping and gnashing

Of teeth this morning
I'll enjoy reading the posts telling us why this poll is meaningless.

[Gman]

6. Yup

The usual babble.

[Laser102]

9. We, the women in this country had a meeting. We are voting for Hillary.

It's final. We are dragging our husbands to the polls to vote for Her. Nuff said.

[peacebird]

11. Pretty sure you aren't speaking for me. As a woman I couldn't care less the gender of my President.

And I am voting for Bernie

[cherokeeprogressive]

21. You had a meeting and no one told my Wife?

No wonder she's weighing voting for either Bernie or Martin.

[morningfog]

7. Bernie has tripled. No complaint from me.

We're 9 months out. Glad to see he's on the move and has time to build in the caucus state.

[peacebird]

12. : )

Exactly!

[kenfrequed]

15. Indeed!

He just hired someone a couple weeks ago and he already tripled his share? I imagine the more people hear about Bernie Sanders, the mroe people will like and support him.

People should look to the attendence of his event in Minneapolis. We are just getting started.

[stevenleser]

18. That's the totality of folks wanting an alternative to Hillary. He goes nowhere from there.

Folks who wanted someone else have already moved to Bernie.

[morningfog]

19. Time will tell. I think it would be naive to think the polls are now static.

I fully expect more movement up for Bernie and movement down for Hillary. The question how much.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

20. In the polls internals they include second choices and it's HRC 70%- Bernie 29%

You have to factor it that it doesn't get more homogeneous than IA when they go to more heterogeneous states like NV and SC look for HRC's numbers to improve.

[donco]

22. I wonder

if anyone's put the dollar amount of how much has been spent on the campaign's in the corn patch?

[stonecutter357]

8. K&R!

[hrmjustin]

10. K&R!

[workinclasszero]

13. The reality is, this is a field where nobody has effectively stepped up to challenge Hillary

YEAH!!!!!

[Cheese Sandwich]

14. Uh Oh...Bernie's support in in Iowa has tripled since January...

Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont running for president as a Democrat, has surged to become the top pick of 16 percent of likely Democratic caucus-goers, more than triple the 5 percent he drew in January.

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-06-01/iowa-democrats-stick-with-hillary-clinton-in-bloomberg-politics-des-moines-register-poll

[betterdemsonly]

16. Boy what a spin job

He suddenly got 16% with hardly any name recognition, having only just announced less than a week ago. Since Biden polls so well that indicates they are only asking sure thing Democratic caucus goers, and not the sorts of people who would turn out for Bernie, like young people and labor activists.

[Cha]

17. It's so early.. this is going to be a longer primary than last time I think!