Politically active Iowans influence the nation each presidential primary season as they participate in their caucus system. Indeed, Sen. Barack Obama took an important step towards his run for the presidency when he won the Iowa caucus this year.  A recent survey showed that 75 percent of Iowans that donated money to a candidate in 2006 or 2007 favor public financing as a way to reduce the role that money is playing in the state’s political process. Public Campaign blogged on the great results recently in "Iowa Sees Huge Support". Tim Urban, president of Urban Development Corp. and a member of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI), has now placed a column in the Des Moines Business Register noting the survey.  The poll by the CCI found this agreement ran across party lines, with 75 percent of Democrats, 70 percent of Republicans and 74 percent of independents favoring public financing of elections in the state.  The CCI is a proponent of the Voter Owned Iowa Clean Elections (VOICE) proposal in the state legislature.  “VOICE would shift lawmakers' attention away from fund raising and allow them to spend their campaign time focused on constituents rather than special interests,” writes Urban.  The proposal ended the 2008 session in the House and Senate appropriations committees. The ICI is focused on getting VOICE passed in the 2009 session.