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U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, holds a commanding 20 percentage-point lead over his Democratic opponent, Roxanne Conlin, according to the latest poll from Rasmussen Reports.
Fifty-five percent of respondents said they would support Grassley this fall, compared to 35 percent for Conlin. In June, Grassley held a similar 54 to 37 lead. The poll found that 81 percent of Iowa voters regard Grassley as a conservative, while 50 percent describe Conlin as a liberal. Another 24 percent view her as a moderate. The survey was conducted Aug. 5 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percent.
During the Democratic primary, the Conlin campaign pointed to poll numbers that put her within 10 percentage points of Grassley. However, the company that produced those numbers — Research 2000 — has since drawn widespread criticism for allegedly fabricating stats.
In an interview with The Iowa Independent earlier this month, Conlin said the Research 2000 numbers were accurate in this race, saying, “My sense is that I’m still about that far from him.”
Grassley has never had a serious challenger for re-election, garnering at least 65 percent of the vote in each of his campaigns.
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