Iowa is a pretty state and there are some real salt of the earth people there but as far as the electorate goes it’s not Red and Blue. It’s more Cobalt and Purple.
This is true. Native Iowan (Cyclone variety). Spent most of my first quarter century there. Conservatives like me who no longer reside there, plus the overwhelming leftist ideology coming out of that glorious? center for higher learning in Iowa City have a lot to do with the bluing of the state.