THE DES MOINES REGISTER/MEDIACOM IOWA POLL
SELZER & COMPANY
400 Likely Democratic primary voters in CD3
143 from statewide sample; 257 from oversample
Margin of error: ± 4.9 percentage points

Study #2172
May 13-16, 2018
1,326 general population contacts
weighted by age and sex

POLL QUESTIONS
Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding.
How likely is it you will vote in the Democratic primary election for Iowa governor and some other offices to be held
in June—will you definitely vote, probably vote, might or might not vote, probably not vote, or have you already
voted?
Already voted
Definitely vote
Probably vote
Might or might not vote
Probably not vote
Refused/not sure

Continue
Collect age, sex, race, education and congressional
district and terminate

I’m going to mention the names of some candidates running for the Democratic nomination for your U.S. representative
to Congress. 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 don’t know the person, just say so. (Record “don’t know”
as “not sure.” Rotate list.)
Net
Net
Very
Mostly
Mostly
Very
Not
Favorable* Unfavorable* Favorable Favorable Unfavorable Unfavorable Sure

Cindy Axne, a small business owner
Pete D’Alessandro, a political organizer
Eddie Mauro, a small business owner

33
22
42

8
10
13

13
7
8

20
15
33

5
7
8

3
3
5

59
68
46

*Due to rounding, very+mostly may not equal nets.

(If already voted, ask:) In the Democratic primary for U.S. representative, for whom did you vote? (Read list. Rotate.)
(If definitely vote, ask:) If the Democratic primary for U.S. representative were held today, which one of the following
candidates would you vote for? (Read list. Rotate.)
(Ask only of those who would definitely vote and do not name a first choice candidate:) Toward which
candidate would you say you are leaning, or support the most?
Are any of these candidates unacceptable to you if they were to become the nominee—either in the primary or if
nominated at the Democratic district convention? (Read names of candidates not selected. Mark all that
apply. Multiple responses accepted, so total may exceed 100%.)
Total Vote

Cindy Axne
Pete D’Alessandro
Eddie Mauro
None of these/someone else/would not vote
Refused/not sure
All are acceptable

26
11
27
10
26
N/A

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Unacceptable

3
5
6
N/A
31
59

 (If None/not sure in first choice question, do not ask, but code “Could still be persuaded.” If already voted, code
“Mind is made up” and do not ask.) When it comes to your support of [CANDIDATE NAMED IN HORSERACE
QUESTION), would you say your mind is made up, or could you still be persuaded to support another candidate as your
first choice?
18
82
1

Mind is made up
Could still be persuaded
Not sure
About the Poll

The Iowa Poll, conducted May 13-16 for The Des Moines Register and Mediacom by Selzer & Co. of Des Moines, is
based on telephone interviews with 400 Iowans ages 18 or older in the 3 rd congressional district who say they will
definitely vote or have already voted early in the Democratic primary this June.
Interviewers with Quantel Research contacted 1,326 households with randomly selected landline and cell phone numbers
supplied by Survey Sampling International. Of the 400 likely voters interviewed, 143 3 rd district respondents were pulled
from the statewide poll; the remaining 257 respondents were collected via a 3 rd district oversample. Interviews were
administered in English. Responses were adjusted by age and sex to reflect the general population based on recent census
data.
Questions based on the subsample of 400 likely Democratic primary voters have a maximum margin of error of plus or
minus 4.9 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 true population value by more than plus or minus
4.9 percentage points. Results based on smaller samples of respondents—such as by gender or age—have a larger margin
of error.
Republishing the copyright Iowa Poll without credit to The Des Moines Register and Mediacom is
prohibited.

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