Political outsiders lead in new Iowa poll

Alex Hanson

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:

  1. Donald Trump: 23 percent
  2. Ben Carson: 18 percent
  3. Ted Cruz/Scott Walker: 8 percent
  4. Jeb Bush/Marco Rubio: 6 percent
  5. Carly Fiorina: 5 percent

Among Republicans, the poll showed Ben Carson with the highest favorability rating.

Democrats:

  1. Hillary Clinton: 37 percent
  2. Bernie Sanders: 30 percent
  3. Joe Biden: 14 percent
  4. Marin O’Malley: 3 percent
  5. 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.