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Study #2167 802 Iowa adults December 3-6, 2017 Margin of error: ± 3.5 percentage points
Weighted by age and sex
Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding.
Are you a resident of the state of Iowa?
100 Yes
Continue
- No
Terminate and do not count toward any quota
- Not sure In general, do you think things in the nation are headed in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track?
Right direction Wrong track Not sure Dec-17
29 60 10
What about here in Iowa? Do you think things in the state are headed in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track?
Right direction Wrong track Not sure Dec-17
47 40 13
I’m going to mention some elected officials. For each, please tell me if you approve or disapprove of the way each is
handling his or her job.
(Rotate list.)
Approve Disapprove Not Sure
Kim Reynolds as governor
Dec-17
51 30 19
Joni Ernst as U.S. senator
Dec-17
48 38 15
Chuck Grassley as U.S. senator
Dec-17
51 40 9
Donald Trump as president of the United States
Dec-17
35 60 5
Mike Pence as vice president of the United States
Dec-17
48 42 10
I'm going to mention the names of some people who are possible candidates for governor. For each name I read, please tell me if your feelings toward the person are very favorable, mostly favorable, mostly unfavorable, or very unfavorable.
If you don’t know the person,
just say so.
(Record “don’t know” as “not sure.” Rotate list.)
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Net Favorable Net Unfavorable Very Favorable Mostly Favorable Mostly Unfavorable Very Unfavorable Not Sure
Ron Corbett, Republican and outgoing mayor of Cedar Rapids
Dec-17
23 18 5 18 11 7 59
John Norris, Democrat and former federal appointee
Dec-17
18 12 4 14 8 5 69
Nate Boulton, Democrat and state
Dec-17
21 11 6 15 8 3 68
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senator Fred Hubbell, Democrat and retired business executive
Dec-17
27 15 8 19 10 6 57
Kim Reynolds, Republican governor
Dec-17
44 33 14 30 16 17 23
Andy McGuire, former chair of the Iowa Democratic Party and medical doctor
Dec-17
26 11 8 18 6 5 63
Cathy Glasson, Democrat and union leader
Dec-17
18 12 5 13 7 6 70
If the 2018 election for Iowa governor were held today, would you vote for Kim Reynolds, or
do you think it’s time for
someone new? 35 Vote for Kim Reynolds 49 Time for someone new 16 Not sure If the 2018 election for U.S. Congress were held today, would you vote for the [REPUBLICAN] or [DEMOCRATIC] candidate, someone else, or would you not vote?
(Rotate which party is listed first.)
34 Republican 40 Democratic 7 Someone else 7 Would not vote 10 Not sure Since the election in 2016, would you say you are [MORE POLITICALLY ENERGIZED] or [MORE TURNED OFF BY POLITICS]?
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33 More politically energized 61 More turned off by politics 4 No change (VOL) 2 Not sure
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BOUT THE
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The Iowa Poll, conducted December 3-6 for The Des Moines Register and Mediacom by Selzer & Co. of Des Moines, is based on telephone interviews with 802 Iowans ages 18 or older. Interviewers with Quantel Research contacted households with randomly selected landline and cell phone numbers supplied by Survey Sampling International. Interviews were administered in English. Responses were adjusted by age and sex to reflect the general population based on recent census data. Questions based on the sample of 802 Iowa adults have a maximum margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. This means that if this survey were repeated using the same questions and the same methodology, 19 times out of