Headline Roundup • August 16th, 2015
What’s Happening at the Iowa Fair?
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Newsmax (News)
Sen. Bernie Sanders beat Hillary Clinton in a real-time Iowa State Fair straw poll Saturday, polling ahead of her by double digits, 52-41, according to the website of the Iowa secretary of state.
Though very unscientific, it did sustain the pace that Sanders is hitting in New Hampshire and other states, where he is gaining ground if not outright surpassing Clinton.
Specifically, more than 52 percent of Democrats who have cast a vote in the straw poll say they support Sanders. Just over 41 percent said they support Clinton. On...
Washington Post
The road to the White House leads from the life-size cow carved from 600 pounds of butter here at the Iowa State Fair to the stand selling $ 7 grilled pork chops on a stick.
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There are a few golden rules when it comes to campaigning in Iowa: never arrive by helicopter, leave your entourage at home and don't skip the Des Moines Register soapbox, even if you have to brave hecklers.
But the normal rules of politics don't apply to Donald Trump, who broke all of them during his visit to the Iowa State Fair on Saturday.
Trump made a grand entrance by touching down in a $7 million helicopter. He was thronged by supporters as he walked the fair
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