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Iowa poll shows Clinton has climbed into tie, as Trump says he’ll “end war on farmers”

By Liam Nolan & Paul Nolan

Donald Trump has a wide lead over Hillary Clinton in an Iowa Youth Straw Poll conducted Tuesday, after the Republican candidate visited the state and promised to “end this war on the American farmers.”

According to a report in the Quad City Times, Trump polled 46 per cent to Democrat Clinton’s 36 per cent. More than 57,000 students participated in the poll, which was conducted by the Secretary of State’s office.

In Cedar Rapids on Friday, Trump appeared before thousands of rural voters and claimed that Clinton “will shut down family farms.”

Trump, who told the crowd he had recently pulled ahead in numerous national polls, said that Clinton would hurt farmers with EPA regulations, and by raising estate taxes.

Trump’s claims were not upheld by poll results released on Oct. 27 by Quinnipiac University, which found Trump and Clinton were tied at 44 per cent among Iowa residents.

A month earlier, a Sept. 22 report had Trump ahead by a 44 to 37 per cent margin. Quinnipiac also conducted that poll.


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