Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are tied in a new survey of likely Iowa voters.
The Loras College Poll found Clinton and Trump even at 38 percent, followed by Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson at 9 percent and the Green Party’s Jill Stein at 1 percent. Thirteen percent of Iowans surveyed remain undecided.
Clinton led Trump by 13 percentage points in June, before he became the GOP nominee.
“Any advantage Clinton had over the summer has certainly evaporated,” said Christopher Budzisz, the Loras College Poll director in a statement. “Donald Trump has been able to widen his appeal in the past several weeks, and many see Iowa as a prime electoral pick-up opportunity for the Republican candidate.”
RealClearPolitics’ average of Hawkeye State polling shows Trump ahead by approximately 6.6 percentage points.
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, an incumbent Republican running for re-election, leads his Democratic challenger by 17 percentage points, 54-37, in the Loras College survey. Grassley has expressed a willingness to challenge Trump, and has avoided appearing with him in public at various times during his senate campaign.
Loras College surveyed 491 likely voters statewide by landline telephones and cell phones from Sept. 20-22. The poll had a 4.4-percentage point margin of error.
