Iowa has always stood out on this issue compared to other swing states, a trend I first noticed in 2013.
This seems really strange, since there have been a number of stories in the past few months about how much Iowa farmers rely on undocumented immigrant labor.
Cows and corn don't vote. But the vast numbers of non-college educated whites who live in Iowa and see Hispanics as direct competition for jobs, do.
I dunno. You rarely see Hispanics occupying jobs outside of the food processing industry in Iowa and whites of any education really have shown no interest in occupying those jobs. Small arms used to rely on family labor including free kid labor, now they're much bigger frequently corporate or LLC and rely on immigrant labor. Iowa is a fairly old state and the rural counties that are most Trumpy tend to be much older, so it seems more cultural than fear of job competition.
