Political outsiders lead in new Iowa poll
September 1, 2015
Outsiders are up big in the latest Iowa Poll released this past weekend by The Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics. Here are the leaders in the poll:
Republicans:
- Donald Trump: 23 percent
- Ben Carson: 18 percent
- Ted Cruz/Scott Walker: 8 percent
- Jeb Bush/Marco Rubio: 6 percent
- Carly Fiorina: 5 percent
Among Republicans, the poll showed Ben Carson with the highest favorability rating.
Democrats:
- Hillary Clinton: 37 percent
- Bernie Sanders: 30 percent
- Joe Biden: 14 percent
- Marin O’Malley: 3 percent
- Jim Webb: 2 percent
Among Democrats, the poll showed that most Democratic voters do not consider Clinton’s email situation very important in choosing whether to support her.