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Amid A Barrage Of Political Ads, Iowans Search For 'The Soul Of A Candidate'

Campaigns and political groups have unleashed a tsunami of political advertising on Iowa this election cycle.
An event attendee holds up a copy of the Des Moines Register newspaper's Opinion page endorsement of Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren during a campaign stop in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Jan. 26, 2020. (Photo by Stephen Maturen /AFP via Getty Images)

Many voters in Iowa remain undecided just three days ahead of the state’s caucuses. But even if voters haven’t made up their minds on which candidate to support, there’s no way they could miss what’s coming on Feb. 3.

In addition to all the media coverage on television, talk radio and in print, campaigns and political groups have unleashed a tsunami of political advertising

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