States like Iowa need to go red, given our current national political environment. This isn’t the Democrat party that Iowa used to support. It’s not about agriculture. It’s about radical leftwing activists.
I was surprised to see Iowa stay solidly Red in 2012. Hopefully Ernst and others can start to change past voting patterns there. We need new states to add to our side to be able to win nationally. Relaying on Virginia and Ohio is not in our favor right now.
Iowa used to be so Republican that the Democrats there were basically orphans, so it won’t be completely unprecedented. The governors have no term limits, so Republicans (two guys) were in office almost the whole time I lived there.