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During the 2006 elections and leading up to the 2008 Iowa Caucuses the Des Moines Register’s polls were the most accurate.
Today, the Des Moines Register released a poll that shows Barack Obama leading John McCain 52% to 40%.
Obama leads among independents 49% to 36% and among women 53% to 39%. Obama also holds a 2 to 1 margin among young voters.
The Register adds…
The poll underscores some key advantages Obama has had in Iowa.He visited dozens of times last year and built a statewide network of volunteers on his way to a decisive victory in Iowa’s leadoff nominating caucuses last January.
McCain campaigned in Iowa less often and ran a scaled-down caucus operation, finishing in a close fourth-place in the GOP caucuses before rebounding in the New Hampshire primary.
Democrats also enjoy their largest voter registration edge over Republicans in roughly 20 years — more than 94,000 out of roughly 2 million voters, according to August statistics from the Iowa Secretary of State.
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