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Obama up by 17 in final Des Moines Register Iowa poll

Another day, another poll showing Barack Obama above 50 percent in Iowa and with a double-digit lead over John McCain.

In fact, Selzer and Associates’ final poll this season for the Des Moines Register shows Obama with his largest lead of the year. He’s ahead 54 percent to 37 percent for McCain, with only 6 percent now undecided. Click the link for the details, which are gruesome for the GOP.

I ask again why Sarah Palin is coming to Dubuque on Monday.  

Tags: 2008 Elections, Barack Obama, Iowa, John Mccain

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  • Re, Mooselini in Dubuque

    I think this is one of the states where you may see voter suppression or other funny business.  They need to create a narrative for why the polls are so wrong when McCain “wins,” so these visits help to explain it.

    You asked.

    riverdog9  Sun 2 Nov 1:10 PM

    • Disagree

      Iowa has pretty fair elections. Also, Democrats are in control. It would be difficult to fix this one.

      I can’t believe they think she could help Hartsuch in Catholic Dubuque – the abortion issue. Who knows. Their campaign has made some realy stupid political decisions. It may be simply more ineptitude.  

      dbrog  Sun 2 Nov 9:39 PM

    • I also think voter suppression won't happen

      in Iowa. We haven’t historically had problems with insufficient allocation of voting machines in Dem precincts, aggressive challenges to voters by Republicans, etc. And I have confidence in Mike Mauro not to let these shenanigans happen.

      With at least a third of the electorate voting early, and Obama way ahead in that group, it would be extremely hard for McCain to win Iowa even if they could pull off voter suppression on Tuesday.

      desmoinesdem  Mon 3 Nov 2:36 AM

  • I read somewhere a couple weeks ago that McCain's hope depend on Iowa and Penn.

    Iowa and Pennsylvania both have older voting populations and McCain thinks he has better hopes of swaying those elderly voters than younger voters.

    noneed4thneed  Sun 2 Nov 1:55 PM

    • maybe that is what they're hoping for

      but they seem incapable of realizing that Iowans are probably more familiar with Obama than any voters outside of Illinois. I think even elderly people (far from Obama’s strong demographic, obviously) have had plenty of time to get to a comfort level with Obama in Iowa.

      PA is not going to happen for McCain. I wouldn’t be surprised if Obama wins it by 7 or 8 points (Kerry won by 3).

      desmoinesdem  Mon 3 Nov 2:38 AM

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