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Iowa poll shows Democrats in position to flip 2 GOP House seats

Iowa poll shows Democrats in position to flip 2 GOP House seats

Democrats are in a position to possibly flip two of Iowa’s four House seats, according to a new poll.  The state’s four House seats are currently controlled by Republicans.  Democrats have the upper hand in the 1st and 3rd Congressional Districts, while Republicans remain ahead among voters in the 2nd and 4th Districts, according to a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll.  In the 1st Congressional District, 53% of respondents said they preferred the Democratic candidate, while 37% said they would vote or have already voted for the Republican.  Democratic challenger Christina Bohannan, therefore, has a 16-point lead over Republican incumbent Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks in their 2022 rematch contest.  SHOCK POLL HAS HARRIS LEADING TRUMP IN IOWA WITH 3-POINT SHIFT TOWARD VICE PRESIDENT IN RED STATE Miller-Meeks secured victory over Bohannan by nearly 7 percentage points in 2022.  “This race was always going to be competitive,” Miller-Meeks campaign spokesman Tyler Menzler said in a statement. “In 2020, Mariannette Miller-Meeks won by 6 votes and in 2022, she won by 7 points.”  “Just like yesterday, the final Selzer poll greatly defies the reality on the ground,” Menzler said. “And not even the Democrats are buying it. On Tuesday, Mariannette Miller-Meeks will win the only poll that matters and be re-elected.” The Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows 48% of voters in the third congressional district prefer the Democratic candidate, while 41% said they voted or will vote for the Republican. Democratic challenger Lanon Baccam has a 7-point lead ahead of Republican incumbent Rep. Zach Nunn.  In the 2nd Congressional District, 45% of respondents prefer the Republican, while 42% prefer the Democrat. Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson has a three-point lead over Democrat Sarah Corkery.  ALASKA, IOWA, MONTANA, 7 OTHER STATES END EARLY IN-PERSON VOTING ON MONDAY Republican incumbent Rep. Randy Feenstra wields a 16-point lead over Democratic challenger Ryan Melton. The poll found 53% of voters support the Republican in the 4th Congressional District, while 37% of voters support the Democratic candidate.  The polling represents the first time since September 2020 that Democrats have the advantage statewide on the congressional ballot. In the last poll in September, Republicans were favored statewide, 52% to 44%. Since then, Iowa voters have shifted toward Democrats. The Democrat in the 1st congressional district had a 3-point lead in September, while the Republicans had the advantage in the three other races then.  The new poll was conducted from Oct. 28-31 and sampled 808 likely Iowa voters. That included people who had voted already or who told pollsters they would definitely vote.  Its margin of error statewide was plus or minus 3.4 percentage points, and for congressional districts, was a maximum of plus or minus 7.2 percentage points. 

Trump campaign ‘expanding the map,’ Vance says in New Hampshire

Trump campaign ‘expanding the map,’ Vance says in New Hampshire

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance is predicting a Trump victory in New Hampshire on Election Day, telling voters there that the campaign is “expanding the map” compared to past presidential races.  “I believe that in two days we’re going to turn New Hampshire red and make Donald Trump the next president of the United States,” the Ohio senator and Trump’s running mate told a crowd in Derry on Sunday night.  “I got to be honest, a couple of months ago, I wasn’t necessarily sure that the day before the last full day of the campaign, we’d be in the great state of New Hampshire. But I think that it suggests that what we’re doing is expanding the map,” Vance continued. “We’re bringing new voters into this coalition and for the folks in New Hampshire who want to live free, we are the only ticket in town, Donald J. Trump is the only president for you.”  Vance said a margin of just .37% in 2016 “was the difference between Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump.”  HARRIS PICKS UP ENDORSEMENTS FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE REPUBLICANS  The state went blue that year, and then in 2020 President Biden defeated Trump in New Hampshire 52.9 to 45.5%.  “I think what’s different this time around is that we have seen for the last four years the incredible failures of Kamala Harris’s governance and the way that it has affected people in this great state as much as anybody else in the union,” Vance said Sunday.  GOP CANDIDATE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE POINTS OUT DEMOCRAT OPPONENT IS A MILLIONAIRE AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF FAVORING RICH  “I’ve heard already since I’ve been in the state of New Hampshire, about the terrible toll of Kamala Harris’ open border, about the migrant crisis that has made its way hundreds of miles from the American southern border, right here to the state of New Hampshire,” Vance added. “I hear from New Hampshire families who can’t afford the cost of groceries, who can’t afford to buy a home, and I think our message in just two days to Kamala Harris is going to be very simple and my running mate loves to say it, you are fired. Go back to San Francisco, where you belong. We don’t want you in the White House.”  In the final Fox News Power Rankings forecast before Election Day, New Hampshire was placed in the “leans Dem” category. 

Sen. Mike Lee warns Democrats would ‘Rule America uncontested for 100 years’ if they sweep 2024 elections

Sen. Mike Lee warns Democrats would ‘Rule America uncontested for 100 years’ if they sweep 2024 elections

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, has suggested that if Democrats sweep the 2024 elections, they will control the nation for a century. He predicted that if Democrats win both chambers of Congress and the White House, they will eliminate the filibuster in the Senate, add justices to the U.S. Supreme Court, grant Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico statehood, and establish federal control over elections, redistricting, and campaigns. “Day 1: Nuke the filibuster,” Lee wrote on X. “Day 2: Pack SCOTUS. Day 3: Make DC & PR states. Day 4: Enact federal takeover of elections/redistricting/campaigns. Days 5 – 36,500: Rule America uncontested for 100 years.” MIKE LEE OUTLINES ROADMAP FOR MCCONNELL SUCCESSOR, WARNS THE ‘HEALTH OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY’ IS AT STAKE Lee, who has been serving in the Senate since 2011, endorsed former President Donald Trump in January prior to the Iowa GOP presidential caucus, which Trump decisively won. The senator has been active on X, frequently responding to 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris. “In the global struggle between tyranny and democracy, the President of the United States must always be on the side of freedom,” Harris tweeted. “Exactly,” Lee responded. “That’s why most of us are voting for Trump.” NATIONAL POLLS SHOW TRUMP, HARRIS IN TIGHT RACE AS ELECTORATE IS UNHAPPY WITH CHOICES Lee offered a blunt response to a post in which Harris called Trump “weak.” “Your policies suck,” Lee fired back, adding, “And make Americans poorer & less free.” And while many on social media have been discussing the death of Peanut, a pet squirrel that was seized and euthanized in New York, Lee suggested swapping the GOP’s elephant mascot for a Peanut the squirrel mascot. TRUMP SAYS HE WANTS TO PROTECT WOMEN, HARRIS SAYS TRUMP WANTS TO DECIDE ‘WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR BODY’ “The elephant is cool, but elephants don’t live in America,” he wrote, adding, “Squirrels do! Let’s immortalize Peanut the Squirrel,” Lee suggested. “Let’s make him the official mascot of the GOP.”