Oldiesfreak1854
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« on: January 09, 2013, 09:37:10 PM » |
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You'd think Iowa would be prime GOP territory: rural, Midwestern, and a significant social/religious conservative population. I think it it's more of a swing state than that largely because of the fact that there is a significant manufacturing and moderate population. The reason Carter came so close to beating Ford there (albeit still failing) in 1976 was probably because of religious conservatives, and the reason Reagan was weaker and that Dukakis carried it was because of the farming depression. That's also what helped Tom Harkin knock off Roger Jepsen for the latter's Senate seat in 1984. You didn't really see a realignment until 1992, however. And remember that Nixon carried Iowa all three times he ran.
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