Longtime Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley showed a double-digit lead against Democrat challenger Mike Franken in an internal GOP poll.
Longtime Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley has a double-digit lead against Democrat challenger Mike Franken, an internal GOP poll shows.an 11-point lead over Franken in an internal poll taken by the Tarrance Group on behalf of the National Republican Senatorial Committee .
Of the 600 Iowa voters surveyed, 53 percent reported supporting Grassley, while Franken had only 42 percent support. Four percent said they were undecided. The random sample from the poll showed that the Hawkeye State senator captured 61 percent of independent voters, in addition to maintaining a positive job approval despite his Democrat challenger’s negative ads, according to the polling memo.
The polling memo showed that the incumbent Republican governor also maintained a double-digit lead over her Democrat challenger. Fifty-six percent of the respondents said they support Gov. Kim Reynolds’ reelection effort, compared to 39 percent who said they would vote for Democrat Deidre DeJear and the undecided five percent.The NRSC-commissioned poll surveyed 600 voters statewide between October 15 and 19, with a 4.1 percent margin of error and 95 percent confidence level.
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