Tag: Iowa Caucus

A Quarter Million Iowans Are Expected to Caucus Tonight

Buck Banks

250,000

Number of Iowans who “are expected to attend caucuses on a relatively mild Monday night and render judgment on insurgent candidates who would bar Muslims from the country (Donald J. Trump), oppose concessions to Democrats (Senator Ted Cruz of Texas) and pursue a high-tax, big-government agenda (Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont). Voters are poised to bring order to the race, or reorder politics, as in no other recent election,” the New York Times reports.

Iowa not so Super for Super PACs

Buck Banks

$26.6 million

Amount super PACs have spent on the Republican primary in Iowa — with minimal effect, the Des Moines Register reports. “The groups, which can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money on behalf of candidates, have spent $26.6 million to benefit candidates’ Iowa campaigns through Dec. 12. But many of them have little to show for their investment. … More than a third of that money has gone to support candidates who have dropped out of the race, and another third has gone to support former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a Republican who is polling in single digits.”

Christie Terrorizes Town Hall Meeting in Iowa

Buck Banks

I’m still waiting for one fact from you, one fact about me being anti-gun. Give me one. One fact. Got one?

— New jersey Gov. Chris Christie, displaying his fiery side Saturday in front of potential Iowa caucus-goers, “when he defended his record on gun control and scolded a gun rights activist who challenged him during a town hall,” the Des Moines Register reports.

One Is Enough for Santorum

Buck Banks

1

Number of Iowans who showed up to Rick Santorum’s 2 p.m. campaign stop at a restaurant in Hamlin, Iowa, Monday, the Des Moines Register reports. In a previous stop he drew just 10 people. Said Santorum: “It’s not glamorous, and you’re not out there raising money, but you’re doing what the money is ultimately supposed to do — getting votes. This is a lot more fun than being on the phone raising money.”

Straw-Poll Apathy Running Rampant in Iowa

Buck Banks

51%

Of likely Republican caucus-goers say they think it’s important for a candidate to attend the party fundraiser, a customary marker in the run-up to the Iowa caucuses, according to the latest Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Iowa Poll. “Republican presidential candidates who skip the Iowa Straw Poll in August aren’t likely to pay much of a price for their decisions.”

Iowa Voters OK with Ex-Presidents as Political Advisers

Buck Banks

57%

Of likely Republican caucus-goers said that it would be “mostly good” for Jeb Bush’s presidency if he were to tap his older brother, George, as a close adviser, according to a new Bloomberg/Des Moines Register Iowa Poll. Thirty-three percent said such an arrangement would be “mostly bad” for Jeb Bush’s presidency. As for Hillary Clinton, a whopping 83% of likely Democratic caucus-goers approved of the idea of her using her husband, Bill, as a close adviser, while just 9% said doing so was a “mostly bad” suggestion for her presidency.