In my own made up terminology, I consider it to be a battleground state but not a swing state.
Swing state: the states that are plausible or semi-plausible tipping point states
Battleground state: the states that could plausibly vote for either party given a particularly good/bad environment
Lol I use your definition of a battleground for "swing states" instead, but for me country states are instead wherever GE candidates spend most of their time
I agree with your definition of "swing state," and your definition of "country state" is my term for a battleground state.
So you see, Bronz, that we have to have a commonly understood definition of "swing state" to answer your question. I would not rate Iowa as a "swing state" according to Orser's definition of one or but I would according to Jake's, and I would call Iowa a battleground state. I expect both Biden and Trump to invest time and money on the state trying to win it because there is, as I see it, some plausibility that it could go either way.
