Iowa is rapidly trending republican much faster then it's neighbors WI and MN.

[The Chill Moderate Republican]

Why is Iowa trending so much rapidly for the republican party? according to my research, all three of these states have very similar urban to rural populations. I have found out that Iowa had a much higher percentage of whites hovering in the upper 80%. Minnesota and Wisconsin had white percentages in the lower 80s. How did Iowa shift more dramatically to the Republican party?

One major hypothesis is that Iowans had a much greater feeling that they were living in the Midwest then their other neighbors so they bought trump's message. I think another great point is that it's slowly gaining itself more closely to its more conservative neighbors like Nebraska and South Dakota trying to place itself in the "Plain States. (don't judge that last point)

Either way, trump is changing the map with Iowa. with Obama winning the state by only 5%, Donald Trump managed to win the state by almost 10%. a real shocker since the nation moved about 3%. more republican in the