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Were at, at this stage back in 2012. that's down, and nobody knows exactly who those voters are picking on their ballots. so there are still questions remaining about whether the state will remain red, anderson. >> now the battleground state of iowa, where the presidential race began nine months ago, the hawkeye state is very much in play. dana bash filed this program. >> reporter: knocking on doors, pounding the pavement. >> we're with the iowa gop. >> a scramble for votes playing out across battleground states. >> we need everybody, all of our supporters, all of our democrats to vote. >> rep...

Change. >> eric brandstad, the son of long time governor, runs the operation and says his appeal reaches beyond the gop base. >> i have gone to republican rallies my entire life. we are seeing new voters like we've never seen before. >> early voting has been under way for more than a month and democrats usually win the early vote. >> i mean literally hundreds of times i've had republicans tell me no, i want to vote on election day, you know, and for them it's a tradition, it's something that they've grown up with. >> reporter: this year, iowa gop officials are trying to bank more early votes t...