Iowa Democratic Odds
Democratic challenger Theresa Greenfield is the favorite to win with 4/5 odds, narrowly beating out Republican incumbent Joni Ernst, who has 10/11 odds. Feb 04, 2020 We estimate that Sanders’s chances of a majority would have shot up to from 31 percent to 58 percent with an Iowa win, Warren’s from 5 percent to 32 percent, and Buttigieg’s from 4 percent to 22.
Iowa Democratic Odds By Team
Our latest forecast for how many pledged delegates each candidate will win after all states have voted
FiveThirtyEight’s model simulates the primary season thousands of times to find the most likely outcome for each candidate, accounting for the margin of their wins and losses, plus the possibility that a trailing candidate might drop out. The chart shows how many delegates, on average, each candidate is projected to have pledged to them at each point in the primary season, along with a range of possible delegate counts. We’re also showing the distribution of simulated final pledged delegate counts in the table, where taller bars mean a more likely outcome.
Iowa Democratic Odds Against
FiveThirtyEight’s model simulates the primary season thousands of times to find the most likely outcome for each candidate, accounting for the margin of their wins and losses, plus the possibility that a trailing candidate might drop out. We’re showing the distribution of simulated final pledged delegate counts in the table, where taller bars mean a more likely outcome.
Poll | Date | Sample | Biden | Warren | Yang | Gabbard | Spread | |||||
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Final Results | -- | -- | 24.7 | 14.9 | 21.3 | 18.5 | 12.7 | 5.1 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | Sanders +3.4 |
RCP Average | 1/20 - 2/2 | -- | 23.0 | 19.3 | 16.8 | 15.5 | 9.0 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | Sanders +3.7 |
1/31 - 2/2 | 853 LV | 28 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | -- | Sanders +7 | |
1/28 - 1/30 | 300 LV | 17 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | Buttigieg +2 | |
1/26 - 1/29 | 615 LV | 28 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | -- | Sanders +7 | |
1/23 - 1/27 | 544 LV | 21 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | -- | Biden +2 | |
1/23 - 1/27 | 655 LV | 24 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | Sanders +5 | |
1/23 - 1/26 | 450 LV | 30 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 5 | -- | Sanders +9 | |
1/23 - 1/26 | 500 LV | 19 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | -- | Biden +6 | |
1/20 - 1/23 | 584 LV | 25 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Sanders +7 | |
1/16 - 1/23 | 1356 LV | 26 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -- | Sanders +1 | |
1/15 - 1/18 | 500 LV | 14 | 24 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Biden +6 | |
1/9 - 1/12 | 405 LV | 18 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | -- | Biden +6 | |
1/2 - 1/8 | 701 LV | 20 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Sanders +3 | |
12/27 - 1/3 | 953 LV | 23 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | -- | Tie | |
12/12 - 12/16 | 632 LV | 21 | 15 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | Buttigieg +3 | |
12/7 - 12/10 | 325 RV | 22 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | Biden +1 | |
11/15 - 11/19 | 614 LV | 18 | 12 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Buttigieg +7 | |
11/8 - 11/13 | 500 LV | 15 | 15 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Buttigieg +9 | |
11/6 - 11/13 | 856 LV | 22 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -- | Tie | |
11/7 - 11/11 | 961 RV | 13 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | Buttigieg +3 | |
10/28 - 10/10 | 465 LV | 18 | 15 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | -- | Warren +5 | |
10/30 - 11/5 | 698 RV | 17 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | -- | Warren +1 | |
10/25 - 10/30 | 439 LV | 19 | 17 | 18 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | -- | Warren +3 | |
10/18 - 10/22 | 598 LV | 18 | 12 | 20 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -- | Warren +8 | |
10/16 - 10/18 | 500 LV | 9 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -- | Biden +1 | |
10/13 - 10/16 | 888 RV | 13 | 23 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | -- | Tie | |
10/3 - 10/11 | 729 LV | 21 | 22 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -- | Tie | |
9/14 - 9/18 | 602 LV | 11 | 20 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -- | Warren +2 | |
9/13 - 9/17 | 572 LV | 16 | 16 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -- | Warren +8 | |
9/14 - 9/17 | 500 LV | 9 | 25 | 12 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | -- | Biden +2 | |
8/28 - 9/4 | LV | 26 | 29 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -- | Biden +3 | |
8/1 - 8/4 | 401 LV | 9 | 28 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | -- | Biden +9 | |
7/9 - 7/18 | 706 LV | 19 | 24 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -- | Biden +5 | |
6/29 - 7/1 | 600 LV | 12 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | Warren +2 | |
6/28 - 7/1 | 500 LV | 9 | 24 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | Biden +8 | |
6/2 - 6/5 | 600 LV | 16 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | Biden +8 | |
5/31 - 6/12 | 587 LV | 22 | 30 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 0 | -- | 1 | -- | Biden +8 | |
4/17 - 4/18 | 590 RV | 19 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | Tie | |
4/4 - 4/9 | 351 LV | 16 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | -- | 0 | -- | Biden +11 | |
3/21 - 3/24 | 249 RV | 24 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | -- | 1 | -- | Biden +1 | |
3/21 - 3/24 | 500 LV | 17 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | Biden +8 | |
3/3 - 3/6 | 401 RV | 25 | 27 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | -- | 0 | -- | Biden +2 | |
1/30 - 2/2 | 260 RV | 15 | 29 | -- | 11 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | Biden +11 | |
12/10 - 12/13 | 455 LV | 19 | 32 | -- | 8 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | 3 | Biden +13 |