The new University of Iowa “Hawkeye Poll” show Senator Joe Biden making gains since August. Biden was polling at less than 1% support in August and is now pulling close to Richardson with 5.3% in the latest polling done of likely Iowa caucus attendees.
Biden is polling well ahead of Richardson amongst likely caucus goers over 61 years of age – coming in with 9.9% support vs. Richardson’s 4.1% amongst this key caucus demographic.
Caucus voters are typically “older” – according to Iowa State University Professor Steven Schmidt:
“What you generally see at the caucuses are generally older, leathery hard-core political members of the community, political wonks or political animals — and that doesn’t include a lot of students,” says Iowa State University political science professor Steffen Schmidt, a caucus expert who also hosts the weekly “Dr. Politics” radio show on the local on National Public Radio affiliate WOI-AM. “The numbers aren’t large to begin with and they will be less this year because the students won’t be back.”
