Democrat Rita Hart takes lead in IA-2

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Friday November 06, 2020 · 3:01 PM PST

2020/11/06 · 15:01

Rita Hart, the Democratic candidate for IA-2 was down by 282 votes on Election Night. Today, the Jasper County Auditor and the Iowa Secretary of State held a news conference to announce that there was a reporting error in the Jasper County results. Apparently, this was the result of human error in transferring results from a single precinct to a spreadsheet. This has now flipped the lead in the race. Rita Hart now holds a 162-vote lead. Her opponent, Marianette Miller-Meeks, prematurely declared victory on Wednesday. Jasper County will be recounted, but both the SOS and the Auditor were adamant that the new count is correct. This is good news for the Democrats in Iowa because we very much want to hold onto Dave Loebsack’s seat. The Des Moines Register has the story as well.

Obama's approval rating reaches 1-year high

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Thursday October 04, 2012 · 1:18 PM PDT

2012/10/04 · 13:18

I just noticed that President Obama's Gallup approval rating is now at 54-42 for October 1-3. I presume that this includes one evening of polling during the debate last night. This is the highest his approval rating has been in an entire year.

He's gone from +1 to +12 between Sept. 28-30 and Oct. 1-3. That's a big jump. A lot of his improvement in approval numbers over the last month appear to be fueled by women and younger people (18-29).

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Monday November 07, 2011 · 4:56 PM PST

2011/11/07 · 16:56

There are promising signs for retaining a Democratic Senate in Iowa. Polling information released on Sunday night from Public Policy Polling (PPP) shows that Democrat Liz Mathis leads Republican Cindy Golding 52-46. This seat is the only thing between total Republican control of the state and a slim Democratic majority in the state senate.

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Sunday October 23, 2011 · 2:54 PM PDT

2011/10/23 · 14:54

Whose brainchild was this? Protesters Stage March to Obama's Des Moines Office

Nearly 100 people marched Saturday to President Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign headquarters in downtown Des Moines.
One by one, members of Occupy Iowa denounced the president for what they called his failure to protect the vast majority of Americans from home foreclosures, rising health care costs and student loan debt.

Others faulted Obama for deporting more than 1 million immigrants, and extending the nation’s military presence to countries such as Somalia and Yemen.

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