The forgotten Democrat, O’Malley inspires young loyalty
By Enrica Nicoli Aldini IOWA CITY, Iowa – With Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders neck and neck in the Iowa polls, not much is being said or heard about the third Democratic candidate, Martin O’Malley. The Des Moines Register’s final poll Saturday night put his support as a meager 3 percent. Worse, 41 percent of […]
Latino voting population doubles in Iowa, but will it matter?
By Raquel Zaldivar DAVENPORT, Iowa – With the number of registered Latino voters in Iowa doubling since 2008, nonpartisan organizers are pushing Latinos to make their voices heard as never before in Monday night’s presidential caucuses. Latino Vote Iowa, the first such project in the state, is knocking on doors and making thousands of phone […]
Rubio’s volunteers make one last push before the eye of the caucus
By Alison Martin ANKENY, Iowa – Risin’ up, one more day on the street. In the early hours of the morning, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio visited his hardworking volunteers at his Ankeny headquarters. After months of phone calls and door knocks, Iowans all over the state would cast their votes, but in the meantime, it was […]
Team Sanders goes door to door in search of victory
By Steve Musal DES MOINES, Iowa — As the clock ticked toward Monday night’s Iowa caucuses, campaign workers for Democratic candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders spent the weekend making a door-to-door push that could decide his fate. A Des Moines Register poll showed Sanders in a statistical tie with former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, whose […]
Clinton amps up rhetoric on caucus eve
By Max Greenwood DES MOINES, Iowa – As presidential hopefuls in both parties amped up their campaign pace over the weekend, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton held steady. The former secretary of state attended nine “Get Out the Caucus” events in the three days leading up to Monday night’s caucus, while her chief rival, Sen. Bernie […]
Field of dreams: Ted Cruz, Iowa and the ethanol conundrum
By Alison Martin IOWA CITY, Iowa – It’s not unusual for presidential candidates to pledge loyalty to corn. It’s not unusual for a few to say no to ethanol subsidies, as Arizona Sen. John McCain did in 2008. But when a Republican candidate vows to repeal the renewable fuel standard and still remains second in […]
Cruz spins Constitution into votes
By Morgan Gilbard IOWA CITY, Iowa — When you ask Ted Cruz fans what they like about a man publicly hated by so many, one trait stands above the others: Cruz’s self-proclaimed respect for the Constitution. “We need somebody in there or the country is going to be over. Someone that supports the Constitution,” said […]
Payton Cannon: Day in the Life of an Iowan
By Misha Euceph “I wasn’t [a Ted Cruz] supporter before but I am now. I like what he said about getting rid of the common core. I don’t like common core. I’m studying to be a teacher. By expecting the kids to have the same knowledge, it’s asking too much. We should let teachers take […]
Asher Van Dyke: Day in the Life of an Iowan
By Misha Euceph “I support Bernie because of his take on tuition for public universities. I dropped out of school recently because my mother was diagnosed with cancer, so I don’t have the funds right now. I even had a thought of moving to Germany, maybe for, like, free education.” Asher Van Dyke is an […]
Sanders and celebrity friends court young Iowa voters
By Caroline Kenny AMES, Iowa–At a canvass kickoff event just 24 hours before the caucus doors open on Monday night, Bernie Sanders made a final appeal to young voters at Iowa State University. Sanders was joined on stage by actor Josh Hutcherson of The Hunger Games series, as well as the band members from Foster […]
