Rod Blum for Congress October 2018 Quantitative Research

With three weeks remaining until the November 2018 elections, Rod Blum is within 2-points of
Democrat challenger Abby Finkenauer. Current polling of this race indicates that Finkenauer currently
leads Blum 45% to 43%. An additional 6% of the electorate is undecided for whom they will vote this
November.

If the election for U.S. Congress were tomorrow, who would you vote for if
the race was between (ROTATE) Republican Rod Blum, Democrat Abby
Finkenauer, and Libertarian Troy Hageman?
43% 45%

4% 6%

Rod Blum Abby Finkenauer Troy Hageman Hard Undecided

This poll was conducted between October 12-13, 2018, among 400 registered Iowa voters, using a multi-
frame sample of live callers, 70% to landline and 30% to cell phones. This sample was split among
Republicans (34%), Democrats (36%), and Independents (30%) using voter registration statistics and
historical turnout models.

The sample was made up of 47%

male respondents, and 53% female
respondents. The sample was also
designed to accurately reflect the
constituency of Iowa’s First
Congressional District, taking age,
race, and geography into
consideration. The margin of error is
± 4.9% at the 95% confidence
interval.

THE POLLING COMPANY, ON BEHALF OF ROD BLUM FOR CONGRESS