Snowstalker Mk. II
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« on: July 12, 2012, 07:01:14 AM » |
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At first sight, it seems like a state that would be solidly Republican--and it was until the 1970's and 1980's. However, today it is a swing state that votes slightly more Democratic than the national average. Like the strongly Republican Great Plains states, it has more rural areas with heavy agriculture (even though the population is today somewhat more urban than rural); plains states have been Republican since Lincoln (other than a brief swing at the turn of the century).
Though I don't exactly mind Iowa leaning towards our side, it seems like it should be a more Republican state. So what's going on there?
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