Straw-Poll Apathy Running Rampant in Iowa

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.”

Income Inequality Shaping Up to Be a Real Issue in 2016

6 in 10

Americans said government should do more to reduce the gap between the rich and the poor, but they split sharply along partisan lines, a new New York Times/CBS News poll finds. “Only one-third of Republicans supported a more active government role, versus eight in 10 of Democrats.”A Americans “are broadly concerned about inequality of wealth and income despite an economy that has improved by most measures, a sentiment that is already driving the 2016 presidential contest.”