New Des Moines Register Caucus Poll

[Uriah]

What happened to Huckabee? I thought Iowa loved him.

They still do. He has a net +31 favorable and 60% of those that did not choose him as their 1st or 2nd choice would still vote for him. Rand isn't doing nearly as well.

 

[limequat]

8% identified as members of the liberty movement. Top of page 12. http://www.gannett-cdn.com/LDSN/desmoines/PDF/iowa-poll-study-2125-methodology-aug31-update.pdf

And another 21% as Tea Party. And yet Rand can only pull 4%?? Rand only gets HALF the liberty movement vote??? Bullshit.

 

[RonPaulMall]

And another 21% as Tea Party. And yet Rand can only pull 4%?? Rand only gets HALF the liberty movement vote??? Bullshit.

It makes sense when you look at the campaign Rand has run. He's backed away from his father on a number of issues that have cost him significant support among the Liberty Crowd, and he has totally alienated himself from the Tea Party/Conservative folks that he relied on to win his Senate Campaign. Mainstream/Establishment voters were never going to vote for him in the first place, so what he's left with is the rump of former supporters of his father that have remained loyal. Half of his father's hard core supporters would put him at around 5%.

 

[DisneyFan]

Trump 23
Carson 18
Cruz 8
Walker 8
Bush 6
Rubio 6
Fiorina 5
Paul 4
Huckabee 4
Kasich 2
Christie 2
Jindal 2
Perry 1
Santorum 1
Graham 0
Unsure/Not committed 10

So, 46%, almost half, support a candidate who has no political record. No reason to believe that the person they like will do even 1% of what is promised, but by golly, they give a good speech, so let's make 'em the most powerful person in the USA. How pathetic.

 

[luctor-et-emergo]

So, 46%, almost half, support a candidate who has no political record. No reason to believe that the person they like will do even 1% of what is promised, but by golly, they give a good speech. How unbelievably pathetic.

Well in a way it's good, it shows people are not satisfied with the status quo. Historically speaking though, when people are dissatisfied with their government they don't usually make all the right choices. Many times they will follow whomever is the worst divider and warmonger.. I guess that is what we are observing here.

 

[Matt McGuire]

The fact that Trump is doing so well may give voters more confidence to go for a non-politician like Carson. He's not not a Paul, but I like him on most issues, not to mention I think he believes what he says. I'm interested to see where he ends up.

 

[PCKY]

What are the chances that Rand's supporters have dived onto Trump? Not the Ron Paul folks, but the disaffected?

 

[Brett85]

And another 21% as Tea Party. And yet Rand can only pull 4%?? Rand only gets HALF the liberty movement vote??? Bullshit.

That doesn't surprise me at all. You even have people on this forum who claim to be members of the liberty movement who support Trump. You have all kinds of people on Facebook who claim to have supported Ron Paul who are supporting Bernie Sanders this year. There are people in Iowa who even worked for Ron in 2012 who are supporting Ted Cruz this time.