Iowa, the first state that headed to the polls for primary and caucus voting, is a key swing state in the 2016 election and the race is close between the two candidates.
Here's an in-depth look at the battleground state of Iowa:
Iowans voted for President Barack Obama over Sen. John McCain in 2008 and then again over Mitt Romney in 2012. Obama attained over 50 percent of the vote in both of his elections. President George W. Bush lost Iowa in 2000 to Vice President Al Gore but scooped up the state in 2004 against Sen. John Kerry.
In February, Hillary Clinton won Iowa by a hair –- three-tenths of a point to be exact. Clinton received 49.9 percent of the vote while Democratic Bernie Sanders fell closely behind at 49.6 percent. Donald Trump was not as lucky. Trump lost the Iowa caucus to primary challenger Ted Cruz, finishing three points behind the Texas senator.
The Clinton team is reserving $7.1 million on future TV ads in Iowa, which is about 35 times the amount Trump’s campaign is hoping to spend. The Trump team, in comparison, is dedicating $200,000 to future TV ads in Iowa.
The Republican National Committee has 63 staffers and 57 trained volunteer organizers working in the Hawkeye State. Clinton and the Democratic National Committee campaign has 33 offices set up in Iowa.
Just ahead of the Iowa caucuses, a Quinnipiac poll found that Iowa Democrats and Republicans both ranked the economy and jobs as the most important issue in deciding their party’s nominee. Iowa is a state with a large agriculture and farming economy. The Renewable Fuel Standard, created under the Energy Policy Act of 2005, requires that petroleum-based fuel be mixed with a certain amount of renewable fuel, like ethanol. Iowa is a huge producer of corn, the crop used for ethanol. Iowans are largely in support of the RFS because it has helped create jobs. Critics however say that the RFS must be repealed because the use of ethanol is not as beneficial for the environment as first believed to be and it’s driving up the price of food.
A Quinnipiac poll released in August shows the candidates in dead heat -– Clinton has 47 percent of support while Trump is within the margin of error at 44 percent. The Quinnipiac poll shows an opportunity for Trump to consolidate his base and take the lead. Trump is winning among 85 percent of Iowa Republicans compared to Clinton’s 97 percent of support among Iowa Democrats.
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