I can certainly sympathize, I'm sure many more Iowans feel the same way that you do. However, as long as the kind of money that pours into Iowa from the pols, their entourages, and from the hordes of media types each election cycle continues not much will change. This is a cash cow for the hotel/motel, restaurant, catering firm, limo service, & car rental businesses ... to name just a few who benefit.
Like everything else, it’s a sell out to make a buck.
Money IS the root of all evil, and it is definitely destroying America.