Politics with Amy Walter: The View from Iowa

The Takeaway

This week, Politics with Amy Walter took a trip to Iowa to get a sense of how voters are feeling ahead of the upcoming caucuses. We asked politicians, economists, pollsters, and caucusgoers about what issues are important to them and which candidate could deliver the White House to Democrats. The issues of foremost concern included race, healthcare, labor protections, hyper-polarization, climate change, and defeating President Trump. 

J. Ann Selzer, whose poll is considered the “gold standard,” walks us through her latest data set and what to make of this incredibly close race. 

From Waterloo, we heard fromMayor Quentin Hart, who has endorsed former Mayor Pete Buttigieg andPastor Frantz Whitfield, a supporter of Vice President Joe Biden, about the calculus behind their endorsements.

Dave Swenson, an economist at Iowa State University, explained the economy of the state which holds an outsizedinfluence on the rest of the primary season.

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