Iowa was a “red state” in 2004 and many attribute the rural electorate in Iowa as “leaning Republican” – and most definitely more conservative than the average urban voter, New numbers released by the Center For Rural Strategies are showing a slight shift in favor of Democrats on “generic ballot” questions:
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would someone please explain
to the Hillary supporters that the fastest way to reverse this trend would be for Democrats to nominate Hillary? The Clinton years were the years of the decisive shift toward the GOP in rural voting patterns.
desmoinesdem Tue 12 Jun 12:35 PM
Please explain this too
to the Clinton supporters:
"In the head-to-head RCP Averages, Senator Clinton runs a not insignificant 4-5 points worse than Senator Obama against Rudy Giuliani and John McCain. The general election differential is even more pronounced in the LA Times/Bloomberg poll where Obama shows leads of 5 -16 points against Giuliani, McCain and Romney, versus Clinton who trails all three Republicans by 2-10 points. (Thompson was not included in the LA Times/Bloomberg head-to-heads.)
This all comes back to Hillary Clinton's extremely high unfavorables. If these head-to-head matchups with the leading GOP candidates continue to show Senator Obama or other Democratic candidates running significantly better in the general election, it could have a significant impact on Democratic primary voters who are in no mood for another bitter disappointment next November."
rf Tue 12 Jun 2:23 PM