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« on: February 24, 2009, 01:42:03 AM »
« edited: October 13, 2010, 10:44:05 AM by Dave Leip »
To be fair, it's not like these are long standing Republican counties. All three mentioned went Dem in 1988, 1992, and 1996.

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Iowa is a state in which the electorate does not vary much from side to side. The western portion is more Republican and the eastern portion is more Democratic, but not by that much. The person who wins the state often wins the majority of the counties, stretching well into the opposing side of the state.
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« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2009, 02:43:11 PM »
Quote from: pbrower2a on February 24, 2009, 11:24:22 AM
Note also that NE-02 (greater Omaha, Nebraska) also voted for Obama, and NE-01, eastern Nebraska other than greater Omaha, but containing Lincoln, came close to voting for Obama.

Eastern Nebraska is much like western Iowa.

Obama also ran a lot of ads in the Omaha market, which includes much of western Iowa, which I imagine helped in that area.
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