Iowa Poll: Nearly half approve of jobs Ernst, Grassley are doing, but disapproval grows

About half of Iowans approve of the work the state’s two U.S. senators are doing in Congress, according to a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll. But the share of Iowans who disapprove of Republican U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst has risen by 4 percentage points each since March 2023. And each senator lost ground with Republicans and evangelicals as a growing share of those groups say they disapprove of their job performances. Overall, 47% of Iowans now approve of the job Grassley is doing in the Senate,...