Poll: Obama leads in Iowa, but Romney has path

The election is all about an economy that Iowa voters think President Obama has done too little to fix. Obama is ahead in Iowa 49% to 45%.

DES MOINES, Iowa -- The election is all about an economy that Iowa voters think President Obama has done too little to fix.

A Des Moines Register Iowa Poll shows Obama is ahead in Iowa 49% to 45%. But if Mitt Romney can convince voters that he truly knows how to doctor the nation's ailing economy, the GOP presidential candidate can still put Iowa in his pocket, political analysts say.
Half of Iowa adults disapprove of the job the Democratic president is doing on the economy, an issue that 59% of likely voters here rank as one of the most important, the poll found.