Question:
Harkin leads Reed Democrat Tom Harkin leads Republican Christopher Reed in the race for Iowa's U.S. Senate seat on the November ballot, according to the new Iowa Poll.

Harkin, a four-term incumbent, had the support of 53 percent of likely Iowa voters, while Reed, a Marion businessman, had the support of 34 percent. Thirteen percent were not sure.

Poll Demographics

About this Poll
The Iowa Poll, conducted for The Des Moines Register by Selzer & Co. Inc. of Des Moines, is based on interviews with 801 Iowans ages 18 or older.

Interviewers contacted households with randomly selected telephone numbers.

Percentages based on the full sample may have a maximum margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. Responses were weighted by age to reflect the general population based on recent census data. The sample includes 616 Iowans who say they will definitely vote in the November election. Percentages based on likely voters may have a maximum margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. Republishing the copyright Iowa Poll without credit to The Des Moines Register is prohibited.

The poll, conducted Sept. 8-10, asked the following: How likely is it you will vote in the general election for president in November -- will you definitely vote, probably vote, might or might not vote, or probably not vote? If the election for U.S. Senate were held today and the candidates were Christopher Reed for the Republicans and Tom Harkin for the Democrats, for whom would you vote?