Hydera
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« on: January 31, 2018, 04:20:41 PM » |
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Eastern Iowa Along with the rest of the driftless area is more socially liberal in comparison to other areas in their respective states.
South eastern minnesota voted for a ban on gay marriage but there was a 40%+ vote against in those counties.
In 2006, Wisconsin voted for a return of capital punishment however the driftless area voted 40%+ for No.
Then you have Iowa. There was a referendum to either Retain(Green) or End(Red) the term of a Iowa Supreme Court Justice who voted that a ban on gay marriage in the state be unconstitutional. While he did win votes from people who disapproved of gay marriage. Most of his votes was probably from areas that supported gay marriage/against any ban.
Now compare with Kerry's 2004 map.
and Obama's 2012 map.
TLDR: Eastern Iowa is more socially and probably economic left-leaning which wouldnt be surprising since its closer to the great lakes and Western iowa more conservative because its nearer to the influence of Social conservatism in the Plains region.
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