Why is Iowa so Democratic?

[BlueSwan]

*deleted* never mind.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

someone on facebook posted this article asking if Obama's win in the region was thanks to the Driftless Area
www.themoneyillusion.com/?p=17616

[LastVoter]

someone on facebook posted this article asking if Obama's win in the region was thanks to the Driftless Area
www.themoneyillusion.com/?p=17616

I believe that it's dairy that's responsible for the tilt.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

someone on facebook posted this article asking if Obama's win in the region was thanks to the Driftless Area
www.themoneyillusion.com/?p=17616

I believe that it's dairy that's responsible for the tilt.

What's the connection there?

[Benj]

someone on facebook posted this article asking if Obama's win in the region was thanks to the Driftless Area
www.themoneyillusion.com/?p=17616

I believe that it's dairy that's responsible for the tilt.

What's the connection there?

Not sure what he means. Dairy is common both in and outside of the Driftless Area. It is true that corn and other grains are less common in the Driftless Area, though.

A big part of the answer is historical settlement patterns. The Driftless Area is less suitable to agriculture than the surrounds, being hillier and having poorer soil. Thus, it was settled by poorer immigrants, generally from the rural north of Scandinavia, rather than the somewhat wealthier German immigrants who settled to the south and east (and many of whom were second or third generation Americans, their ancestors having originally settled in Indiana or Ohio). In an area where most local residents trace their ancestry to the same region since the late 1800s, that sort of difference can have a significant political effect.

Additionally, the relative poverty of the soil means the Driftless Area tends to be hit harder during droughts and other agricultural calamities. It also has kept somewhat more small farms; there are fewer large, industrial farms in the area because it is less economical. Even before the era of mechanization of farming, I imagine farmers in the Driftless Area tended to be poorer than farmers elsewhere in Iowa, Wisconsin or Minnesota.

(One might say that the agriculture of the Driftless Area is much more akin to the agriculture of Upper New England than to elsewhere in the rural Midwest, though this would be oversimplifying things since demographics and history also play a significant role.)

[Linus Van Pelt]

[IceSpear]

lol @ the Southern states. Why is Alabama such an exception?

Also, what the hell at PA and CT. Talk about out of place.

[Linus Van Pelt]

lol @ the Southern states. Why is Alabama such an exception?

Also, what the hell at PA and CT. Talk about out of place.

I think it is because of searches for Alabama the football team, not Alabama the state.

No idea on PA and CT.

[Tender Branson]

Interesting thing. I tried it with Google.com for the German-speaking countries:

AUT: rich, small, good at recycling, fearful of nationalism & liberalism (?)
GER: rich, powerful, awesome, clean (LOL)
SUI: expensive, happy, rich, neutral
LIE: rich, small, GDP so high

[Tender Branson]

France btw is gay, weak and romantic according to Google.com

Someone want to do a European map ?

[Zioneer]

"Why is Utah so Mormon?" Because we settled it!

[PJ]

Other results for Oregon are white, fast, rainy, and boring.

[eric82oslo]

France btw is gay, weak and romantic according to Google.com

Someone want to do a European map ?

Here are all the European countries ranked after population.

Russia: 1) big/large 2) good at chess 3) homophobic 4) terrible
Germany: 1) powerful/successful/rich/strongest economy in Europe/unemployment level so low/industrial leader 2) not on Google Street View 3) gay
Turkey: 1) poor 2) named after a bird 3) not in the EU
France: 1) dirty 2) racist 3) known for love
United Kingdom: 1) a popular tourist destination 2) a constitutional monarchy 3) powerful
Italy: 1) shaped like a boot 2) blue 3) famous 4) corrupt
Spain: 1) in crisis/unemployment so high/economy so bad 2) poor 3) a tourist destination 4) good at soccer
Ukraine: 1) poor 2) racist 3) population declining 4) radioactive
Poland: 1) religious/Catholic 2) poor 3) Mexico of Europe (lol )
Romania: 1) latin 2) poor 3) famous 4) dangerous
The Netherlands: 1) liberal 2) called Holland/Dutch 3) orange 4) so flat 5) rich 6) below sea level
Belgium: 1) French-speaking 2) (not) a country/divided (lol) 3) good in football 4) famous beer 5) best chocolate
Greece: 1) broke/failing 2) important to Western culture 3) unemployment rate so high 4) popular
Portugal: 1) poor 2) famous 3) small
Czech Republic: 1) atheistic 2) famous 3) pro Israel 4) important 5) called Bohemia
Hungary: 1) poor 2) famous 3) good at water polo 4) not using the euro 5) called Magyar
Sweden: 1) better than Norway 2) good at music 3) successful 4) not in NATO 5) gay
Belarus: 1) called White Russia 2) a dictatorship/an outpost of tyrrany 3) poor
Austria: 1) not part of Germany 2) rich 3) famous 4) to blame for WW1 5) neutral 6) a good place to live
Switzerland: 1) rich 2) expensive 3) a country 4) important 5) not in the EU
Bulgaria: 1) poor 2) cheap 3) famous 4) bad 5) corrupt 6) known as the garden of Eastern Europe (really?)
Serbia: 1) poor 2) responsible for WW1 3) not in the EU 4) bad films
Denmark: 1) the best place to live 2) rich 3) flat 4) not corrupt 5) part of Scandinavia 6) the happiest country 7) killing dolphins (??)
Finland: 1) rich 2) not part of Scandinavia 3) education (system) the best 4) the best place to live 5) cold 6) happy
Slovakia: 1) poor 2) famous 3) obese 4) dependent on Russia
Norway: 1) rich 2) successful 3) better than USA 4) expensive 5) awesome 6) not in the EU 7) the best country to live
Georgia: 1) mistaken for a US state lol
Ireland: 1) English-speaking 2) divided in two/split 3) called the Emerald Isle 4) known as the land of saints and scholars 5) green 6) not part of the UK
Croatia: 1) called Hrvatska 2) expensive 3) population decreasing 4) Catholic
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1) not on Google Maps 2) islamic/muslim 3) one country 4) a failure
Moldova: 1) poor 2) not part of Romania 3) landlocked 4) called multinational 5) unhappy/the saddest country 6) not in the EU
Lithuania: 1) poor 2) famous 3) suicidial (lol) 4) good in basketball 5) population declining
Albania: 1) muslim 2) dangerous 3) poor/a third world country
Macedonia: 1) important 2) famous 3) not part of Greece 4) not in the EU
Slovenia: 1) rich 2) famous 3) important 4) a nation 5) successful 6) small
Latvia: 1) important 2) famous 3) poor
Kosovo: 1) not part of Albania 2) important to Serbs/Serbia 3) not UN member 4) disputed 5) independent
Estonia: 1) a Nordic country 2) famous 3) poor 4) atheist 5) special 6) doing well 7) called the Baltic Tiger
Cyprus: 1) divided 2) in the EU 3) important 4) expensive 5) a tax haven 6) not part of Greece 7) selling gold
Montenegro: 1) ... ??
Luxembourg: 1) rich 2) a country/independent 3) tax haven
Malta: 1) densely populated 2) a country 3) famous 4) cheap 5) a tax haven
Iceland: 1) called Iceland 2) rich 3) the hardest language to learn 4) green 5) unique
Andorra: 1) a country/independent 2) small 3) not in the EU 4) tax free/haven 5) cheap 6) life expectancy so high
Liechtenstein: 1) rich 2) small 3) a country/independent 4) a tax haven 5) a principality
Monaco: 1) a country 2) a tax haven 3) small
San Marino: 1) a country/independent/not part of Italy 2) a republic
Vatican City: 1) important 2) not a UN member 3) famous 4) called the Holy See 5) a country

[PJ]

France btw is gay, weak and romantic according to Google.com

Someone want to do a European map ?

Here are all the European countries ranked after population.

Russia: 1) big/large 2) good at chess 3) homophobic 4) terrible
Germany: 1) powerful/successful/rich/strongest economy in Europe/unemployment level so low/industrial leader 2) not on Google Street View 3) gay
Turkey: 1) poor 2) named after a bird 3) not in the EU
France: 1) dirty 2) racist 3) known for love
United Kingdom: 1) a popular tourist destination 2) a constitutional monarchy 3) powerful
Italy: 1) shaped like a boot 2) blue 3) famous 4) corrupt
Spain: 1) in crisis/unemployment so high/economy so bad 2) poor 3) a tourist destination 4) good at soccer
Ukraine: 1) poor 2) racist 3) population declining 4) radioactive
Poland: 1) religious/Catholic 2) poor 3) Mexico of Europe (lol )
Romania: 1) latin 2) poor 3) famous 4) dangerous
The Netherlands: 1) liberal 2) called Holland/Dutch 3) orange 4) so flat 5) rich 6) below sea level
Belgium: 1) French-speaking 2) (not) a country/divided (lol) 3) good in football 4) famous beer 5) best chocolate
Greece: 1) broke/failing 2) important to Western culture 3) unemployment rate so high 4) popular
Portugal: 1) poor 2) famous 3) small
Czech Republic: 1) atheistic 2) famous 3) pro Israel 4) important 5) called Bohemia
Hungary: 1) poor 2) famous 3) good at water polo 4) not using the euro 5) called Magyar
Sweden: 1) better than Norway 2) good at music 3) successful 4) not in NATO 5) gay
Belarus: 1) called White Russia 2) a dictatorship/an outpost of tyrrany 3) poor
Austria: 1) not part of Germany 2) rich 3) famous 4) to blame for WW1 5) neutral 6) a good place to live
Switzerland: 1) rich 2) expensive 3) a country 4) important 5) not in the EU
Bulgaria: 1) poor 2) cheap 3) famous 4) bad 5) corrupt 6) known as the garden of Eastern Europe (really?)
Serbia: 1) poor 2) responsible for WW1 3) not in the EU 4) bad films
Denmark: 1) the best place to live 2) rich 3) flat 4) not corrupt 5) part of Scandinavia 6) the happiest country 7) killing dolphins (??)
Finland: 1) rich 2) not part of Scandinavia 3) education (system) the best 4) the best place to live 5) cold 6) happy
Slovakia: 1) poor 2) famous 3) obese 4) dependent on Russia
Norway: 1) rich 2) successful 3) better than USA 4) expensive 5) awesome 6) not in the EU 7) the best country to live
Georgia: 1) mistaken for a US state lol
Ireland: 1) English-speaking 2) divided in two/split 3) called the Emerald Isle 4) known as the land of saints and scholars 5) green 6) not part of the UK
Croatia: 1) called Hrvatska 2) expensive 3) population decreasing 4) Catholic
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1) not on Google Maps 2) islamic/muslim 3) one country 4) a failure
Moldova: 1) poor 2) not part of Romania 3) landlocked 4) called multinational 5) unhappy/the saddest country 6) not in the EU
Lithuania: 1) poor 2) famous 3) suicidial (lol) 4) good in basketball 5) population declining
Albania: 1) muslim 2) dangerous 3) poor/a third world country
Macedonia: 1) important 2) famous 3) not part of Greece 4) not in the EU
Slovenia: 1) rich 2) famous 3) important 4) a nation 5) successful 6) small
Latvia: 1) important 2) famous 3) poor
Kosovo: 1) not part of Albania 2) important to Serbs/Serbia 3) not UN member 4) disputed 5) independent
Estonia: 1) a Nordic country 2) famous 3) poor 4) atheist 5) special 6) doing well 7) called the Baltic Tiger
Cyprus: 1) divided 2) in the EU 3) important 4) expensive 5) a tax haven 6) not part of Greece 7) selling gold
Montenegro: 1) ... ??
Luxembourg: 1) rich 2) a country/independent 3) tax haven
Malta: 1) densely populated 2) a country 3) famous 4) cheap 5) a tax haven
Iceland: 1) called Iceland 2) rich 3) the hardest language to learn 4) green 5) unique
Andorra: 1) a country/independent 2) small 3) not in the EU 4) tax free/haven 5) cheap 6) life expectancy so high
Liechtenstein: 1) rich 2) small 3) a country/independent 4) a tax haven 5) a principality
Monaco: 1) a country 2) a tax haven 3) small
San Marino: 1) a country/independent/not part of Italy 2) a republic
Vatican City: 1) important 2) not a UN member 3) famous 4) called the Holy See 5) a country

You put that in.

[New_Conservative]

Since when is Iowa "heavily democratic". It is leaning that way at most, but it is still a swing state.

[Edu]

Why is Argentina so...

1) white
2) expensive
3) european
4) racist

lol