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PPP (D) Iowa Political Survey
Do you approve or disapprove of Governor Terry Branstad’s job performance?
- Approve 41% [41%]
- Disapprove 44% [45%]
If you could do last fall’s election for Governor over again, would you vote for Democrat Chet Culver or Republican Terry Branstad?
- Terry Branstad 48% [46%]
- Chet Culver 44% [48%]
Do you approve or disapprove of Senator Charles Grassley’s job performance?
- Approve 52% [57%] (54%)
- Disapprove 33% [30%] (31%)
Do you approve or disapprove of Senator Tom Harkin’s job performance?
- Approve 46% [47%] (48%)
- Disapprove 40% [38%] (38%)
If there was an election for the legislature today, generally speaking, do you think you would vote for the Democratic or Republican candidate from your district?
- Democrat 44%
- Republican 40%
Do you think same-sex marriage should be legal or illegal?
Among Democrats
Among Republicans
Among Independents
Which of the following best describes your opinion on gay marriage: gay couples should be allowed to legally marry, or gay couples should be allowed to form civil unions but not legally marry, or there should be no legal recognition of a gay couple's relationship?
- Gay couples should be allowed to legally marry 40% [35%]
- Gay couples should be allowed to form civil unions but not marry 30% [29%]
- There should be no legal recognition of a gay couple's relationship 29% [33%]
Among Democrats
- Gay couples should be allowed to legally marry 63% [57%]
- Gay couples should be allowed to form civil unions but not marry 23% [25%]
- There should be no legal recognition of a gay couple's relationship 13% [17%]
Among Republicans
- Gay couples should be allowed to legally marry 14% [10%]
- Gay couples should be allowed to form civil unions but not marry 36% [28%]
- There should be no legal recognition of a gay couple's relationship 48% [58%]
Among Independents
- Gay couples should be allowed to legally marry 40% [35%]
- Gay couples should be allowed to form civil unions but not marry 31% [36%]
- There should be no legal recognition of a gay couple's relationship 26% [27%]
Survey of 798 Iowa voters was conducted August 19-21, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 3.5 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 35% [38%] (37%) Democrat; 32% [33%] (37%) Republican; 33% [29%] (25%) Independent/Other. Political ideology: 32% [30%] Moderate; 23% [22%] Somewhat conservative; 19% [19%] Somewhat liberal; 17% [20%] Very conservative; 9% [8%] Very liberal. Results from the poll conducted April 15-17, 2011 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted January 7-9, 2011 are in parentheses.
PPP (D) Iowa Political Survey
Do you approve or disapprove of Governor Terry Branstad’s job performance?
- Approve 41%
- Disapprove 45%
If you could do last fall’s election for Governor over again, would you vote for Democrat Chet Culver or Republican Terry Branstad?
- Chet Culver 48%
- Terry Branstad 46%
Do you approve or disapprove of Senator Charles Grassley’s job performance?
- Approve 57% (54%)
- Disapprove 30% (31%)
Do you approve or disapprove of Senator Tom Harkin’s job performance?
- Approve 47% (48%)
- Disapprove 38% (38%)
Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}
- Christie Vilsack 38% / 23% {+15%}
- Tom Vilsack 46% / 34% {+12%}
- Tom Latham 31% / 22% {+9%}
- Dave Loebsack 25% / 20% {+5%}
- Bruce Braley 22% / 20% {+2%}
- Leonard Boswell 28% / 30% {-2%}
- Steve King 27% / 34% {-7%}
Which of the following best describes your opinion on gay marriage: gay couples should be allowed to legally marry, or gay couples should be allowed to form civil unions but not legally marry, or there should be no legal recognition of a gay couple's relationship?
- Gay couples should be allowed to legally marry 35%
- Gay couples should be allowed to form civil unions but not marry 29%
- There should be no legal recognition of a gay couple's relationship 33%
Among Democrats
- Gay couples should be allowed to legally marry 57%
- Gay couples should be allowed to form civil unions but not marry 25%
- There should be no legal recognition of a gay couple's relationship 17%
Among Republicans
- Gay couples should be allowed to legally marry 10%
- Gay couples should be allowed to form civil unions but not marry 28%
- There should be no legal recognition of a gay couple's relationship 58%
Among Independents
- Gay couples should be allowed to legally marry 35%
- Gay couples should be allowed to form civil unions but not marry 36%
- There should be no legal recognition of a gay couple's relationship 27%
Survey of 1,109 Iowa voters was conducted April 15-17, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 2.9 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 38% (37%) Democrat; 33% (37%) Republican; 29% (25%) Independent/Other. Political ideology: 30% Moderate; 22% Somewhat conservative; 20% Very conservative; 19% Somewhat liberal; 8% Very liberal. Results from the poll conducted January 7-9, 2011 are in parentheses.
Des Moines Register/Selzer & Co. Iowa Gubernatorial Survey
- Terry Branstad (R) 50% [52%]
- Chet Culver (D) 38% [33%]
- Other candidates 5% [9%]
- Not sure 7% [6%]
Survey of 805 likely voters was conducted October 26-29, 2010. The margin of error is +/- 3.5 percentage points. Results from the poll conducted September 19-22, 2010 are in square brackets.
Des Moines Register/Selzer & Co. Iowa Gubernatorial Survey
- Terry Branstad (R) 52%
- Chet Culver (D) 33%
- Other candidates 9%
- Not sure 6%
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Governor Chet Culver is handling his job?
- Approve 35%
- Disapprove 55%
Survey of 550 likely voters was conducted September 19-22, 2010. The margin of error is +/- 4.2 percentage points.
