A new poll finds Republican Senator Chuck Grassley has a 12-point lead over Democratic Challenger Patty Judge. Fifty-five percent of those surveyed for the Quinnipiac University Poll supported the six-term senator. Judge, a former state ag secretary who also served one term as Iowa’s lieutenant governor, got 43 percent. Peter Brown is the assistant director of the Quinnipiac Poll.
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Grassley has an overwhelming 25 percent lead among men. Brown says nearly half of the women surveyed said they’d vote for Grassley, while the other half said they’d vote for Judge.
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Judge has locked down support from 88 percent of Democrats, while Grassley has the support of 94 percent of Republicans polled. Brown says Grassley also has an 11 point lead among independent voters.
This latest poll was conducted from September 13th through the 21st. It has a margin of error of plus or minus four percent.