We reported on poll results this morning in the Republican and Democratic primaries. But keep in mind that poll results this far away from an election can produce screwy results with limited predictive power.
Case in point: someone from Iowa named Deez Nuts, who is running for president as an independent, is polling at 8 percent in Minnesota when tested against Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, according to a poll released last week by Public Policy Polling. Really.
Yesterday, Pubic Policy Polling released a new poll focused on Iowa. In a Clinton-Trump matchup with Deez Nuts running as an independent, Deez Nuts gets 7 percent.
From Public Policy Polling’s Iowa findings:
Trump’s 21% standing as an independent becomes a little less impressive when you consider that Deez Nuts also polls at 7% as an independent, which sort of suggests that might be the floor for a third party candidate. (Clinton leads Trump 41/36 in the iteration of the horse race including Mr. Nuts.)
From the Minnesota report:
Deez Nuts haven’t had much exposure to the American public- 89% say they have no opinion about them either way. Among those few who are familiar with Deez Nuts, only 3% rate them favorably to 8% who have an unfavorable opinion. Nevertheless 8% say they would support Deez Nuts for President, to 41% for Hillary Clinton and 36% for Donald Trump. When you look at how supporters of Deez Nuts split in a head to head between Clinton and Trump 25% are for Clinton, 15% are for Trump, and 60% are undecided. So Deez Nuts are largely providing an outlet for voters to express their frustration with the other candidates.