Like many Iowans, Peggy Magner is still grappling with a weighty choice as the s...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Like many Iowans, Peggy Magner is still grappling with a weighty choice as the state’s first-in-the-nation nominating contest fast approaches: which Democratic candidate is best equipped to defeat Republican President Donald Trump in November.
Interviews with dozens of Iowans throughout the rural state pointed to plenty of votes still up for grabs once caucus meetings start on Monday. A recent Suffolk/USA Today poll said 13% of Iowa voters were undecided and 45% might change their mind. A Monmouth University survey released on Jan. 29 reported that nearly half of respondents might change their minds.
“I am just concerned about whether she can actually win. It’s beyond time that we get a woman in the White House, but not sure if she’s the right one,” Anderson, a former healthcare worker, said, before adding with a grin, “I may not know until caucus night.” Meanwhile, Warren cast herself as uniquely positioned to “unite the party,” as new campaign signs at one rally read, by stitching together the liberal and centrist wings of the Democratic coalition. Pete Buttigieg, the 37-year-old former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, urged voters to embrace generational change. And U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar pointed to her electoral victories in rural, Trump-supporting counties in Minnesota.
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