Polls · Iowa's 2nd district
Emerson College , 14 October 2026
Emerson College has Lindsay James ahead of Joe Mitchell by 3 points in Iowa's 2nd district, 50% to 47%. It is this pollster's first poll of this race in our data.
| Race | Iowa's 2nd district |
|---|---|
| Fieldwork | 12 October 2026 – 14 October 2026 |
| Stage | General election |
| Sample | 344 (likely voters) |
| Paid for by | Poll Vault |
| Method | text-to-web to voter-file sample (MMS) plus online panel interviews; matched to the Aristotle voter file |
| Release | release |
| In our average | Yes |
Main
 Lindsay James D |
50 | |
 Joe Mitchell R |
47 | |
| Undecided | 3 |
Margin on the decided vote: D+3.1; after our adjustments D+2.7, which includes a move of 0.9 points to the Republicans with the national trend since the poll (↻).
Photo credits
- Joe Mitchell: Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joe_Mitchell_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg)
- Lindsay James: Photo: Iowa General Assembly, Free use (Iowa General Assembly), via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lindsay_James_-_Official_Portrait_-_88th_GA.png)