Around the state, Democratic party chairs have reported hearing more interest in her. Still, she has made key hires, including Norm Sterzenbach, a former Iowa Democratic Party executive director and expert on caucus turnout who previously worked for former Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s campaign. Democratic party leaders and voters here have openly worried expensive policies like Medicare-for-all could prove to be too polarizing and lead to Trump’s reelection next year. She has also used her background as a moderate senator from the Upper Midwest to argue that she can appeal to Trump voters, a particular obsession of voters here. “I really like you.”ADLisa Plein, a government worker from Dubuque, said she was leaning toward Buttigieg but also liked Klobuchar.

Source: Washington Post December 13, 2019 16:29 UTC