Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate has announced the results of the 2025 Iowa State Fair Straw Poll, WQAD reports.The Iowa ...

More than 2,000 fairgoers participated in the nonscientific straw poll conducted by the Iowa Secretary of State's office ...

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate today announced the results of the unscientific Iowa State Fair Straw Poll. The poll, which closed Sunday at 8pm, allowed fairgoers ...

The Iowa State Fair straw poll, with more than 2,000 participants, may reflect voter enthusiasm but lacks scientific accuracy ...

The Iowa State Fair shattered its attendance record in 2024 with 1,182,682 people visiting. Similar to how Minnesotans peak in high school, their state fair attendance seemed to do the same in 2019.

FILE — In this Aug. 20, 2015, file photo, a visitor casts their vote with a kernel of corn for presidential candidate Donald Trump in a straw poll at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa.

Attendance at the 2024 Iowa State Fair set a record at 1,182,682; Minnesota State Fair attendance was 1,925,904 in 2024, with a record 2,126,551 in 2019. Both have venerable roots.

Republican US presidential candidate and Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann speaks during the Iowa straw poll in Ames, Iowa August 13, 2011. [Photo/Agencies] AMES, Iowa - Minnesota Rep ...

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Gov. Kim Reynolds is traveling to Ireland to attend the Iowa State University football team’s game there and participate in ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — The results of the 2025 Iowa State Fair Straw Poll have been released.