DES MOINES – A poll released Sunday gives a glimpse into the race for the Governor’s seat in Iowa, and incumbent Terry Branstad looks like he is in good shape.
Republican Terry Branstad has widened his lead over Democratic challenger Jack Hatch in Iowa’s gubernatorial race, a Rasmussen poll indicates.
Likely voters were asked: “If the 2014 election for governor of Iowa were held today, would you vote for Republican Terry Branstad or Democrat Jack Hatch?”
Branstad has picked up 52% of the vote to Hatch’s 35% in the statewide telephone survey of Likely Iowa Voters. Six percent (6%) prefer some other candidate, while seven percent (7%) are undecided.
The survey of 750 Likely Voters in Iowa was conducted on August 11-12, 2014 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
According to the Des Moines Register, Branstad has far out raised Hatch in campaign funds as well, leading 14-1.