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In general, do you think things in the nation are headed in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track?
Right Wrong Not
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sure
Feb-17 36 51 13
What about here in Iowa? Do you think things in the state are headed in the right direction, or have they gotten off on
the wrong track?
Right Wrong Not
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Feb-17 42 41 18
Im going to mention some elected officials. For each, please tell me if you approve or disapprove
of the way each is handling his or her job. (Rotate list.)
Not
Approve Disapprove Sure
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I'm going to mention the names of some people who are possible candidates for statewide office. For each name
I read, please tell me if your feelings toward the person are very favorable, mostly favorable, mostly
unfavorable, or very unfavorable. If you dont know the person, just say so. (Record dont know as not
sure. Rotate list.).
Net Net Very Mostly Mostly Very Not
Favorable Unfavorable Favorable Favorable Unfavorable Unfavorable Sure
Rich Leopold,
Democratic former head
Feb-17 23 10 6 17 6 4 67
of the Iowa Department
of Natural Resources
Kim Reynolds,
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Here are some specific issues that may be debated in the Iowa Legislature this year. For each, please tell me
if you favor or oppose the initiative. (Rotate list, but recreational marijuana must always follow medical
marijuana.)
Not
Favor Oppose Sure
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Currently, the state of Iowa funds Planned Parenthood for health services it provides excluding abortion. Do you think
the state should or should not continue to fund Planned Parenthood for non-abortion-related health services?
Should Should not Not
Continue Continue Sure
Feb-17 77 18 5
Do you think Iowa law should or should not be changed to allow a woman to sue the doctor who performed her
abortion, if she has emotional distress afterward?
Should be Should not Not
changed be changed sure
Feb-17 12 77 10
In 2010, Iowa voters passed a constitutional amendment to allow a three-eighths cent sales tax increase to pay for water
quality projects and outdoor recreation, but the tax was never raised. Do you favor or oppose a three-eighths cent
increase in the state sales tax to pay for such activities?
56 Favor
38 Oppose FINAL
5 Not sure
Starting last April, Iowa hired three private companies to run its Medicaid program, which provides health coverage to
about 600,000 poor or disabled Iowans. Do you believe the shift to private management of Medicaid has been a good
change, a bad change, or are you not sure?
13 Good change
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33 Bad change
54 Not sure
Turning to some national issues, do you think the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, has been mostly a
success or mostly a failure?
Mostly a success Mostly a failure Not sure
Feb-17 45 46 9
Im going to mention some elements of Obamacare. For each, please tell me if this is something you think should be
repealed, or something that should be left as is. (Rotate list.)
Not
Repealed Left as is Sure
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Do you agree or disagree with the executive order that President Trump signed blocking refugees and banning people
from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S.?
43 Agree
51 Disagree
6 Not sure
On a different topic, what would be your favorite major league baseball team? (Let respondent volunteer.)
Kansas New
Chicago Minnesota City St. Louis York Milwaukee Chicago Other No Not
Cubs Twins Royals Cardinals Yankees Brewers White Sox teams favorites Sure
Feb-17 37 7 5 6 4 1 2 11 24 3
The Iowa Poll, conducted Feb. 6-9 for The Des Moines Register and Mediacom by Selzer & Co. of Des Moines, is based
on telephone interviews with 802 Iowans ages 18 or older. Interviewers with Quantel Research contacted households with
randomly selected landline and cell phone numbers supplied by Survey Sampling International. Interviews were
administered in English. Responses were adjusted by age and sex to reflect the general population based on recent census
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data.
Questions based on the sample of 802 Iowa adults have a maximum margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage
points. This means that if this survey were repeated using the same questions and the same methodology, 19 times out of
20, the findings would not vary from the percentages shown here by more than plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
Results based on smaller samples of respondentssuch as by gender or agehave a larger margin of error.
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Republishing the copyright Iowa Poll without credit to The Des Moines Register and Mediacom is prohibited.
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