You know what's way more surprising?
Yep. All alone in the Midwest. (I'm sure you all know what this is a map of.)
That's not really surprising. In Iowa it happened like in Massachusetts. It was a court case. Not like in those states where people actually democratically decided the thing. And the court case started in Johnson County. That's where Captain Kirk was from. (Actually, Kirk was born in adjacent Washington County, but it's close enough.)
The only surprising thing about Iowa is what Jack Kerouac says: "Iowa has the prettiest girls in the world." But that's only surprising at first. Then you remember that Kerouac lived during the 40s and 50s, when the standard of beauty was busty, Germanic, blonde cheesecake. This was all before the time of dark tanning, exotic foreign models, and rail-thin supermodels. If curvaceous and pale is your thing, you'll love Iowa women.
No, actually, opebo has it right. That's a map of the white vote in 2012. Though, the fact that Iowa was the first midwestern state to approve gay marriage is of course less surprising when you realize they were also the only midwestern state to vote for Obama over Romney (judges or no judges).
The strong correlation between legalized gay marriage and white liberals can hardly be considered a surprise though.
