The northern (yankeeland) and western (the left coast) states are blue this year, non-seq. They were blue four years ago as well. They were also blue in 1964 when only the old CSA supported Goldwater. You may not like it, but we're the base of the modern GOP. Its entire electoral strength is anchored to us. Your states - like Iowa - are the outlying buoys in the harbor that casually drift our way from time to time.
Cling to your delusions if you wish. The strength of the GOP was in the plains and in the mountain states when you all were pissing yourself over FDR. But as I said, you've come late to the Party of Lincoln, but better late than never.
Watch it there, bub. Iowa has largely the same problem that Ohio (and Kentucky, for that matter) has. The state political machines are largely run by organized labor, and goes Dem in spite of being social conservatives.
It's unfortunate, but it's changing as the Dems move away from middle-America's values to embrace the militant homosexuals and the fringe whackos. In 2000, we were close. In 2004, Bush won. Things are looking brighter all the time.