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« on: July 08, 2005, 05:29:57 AM » |
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Short answer is that there is no state like Iowa.
A slightly longer answer would be that small town voters in Iowa don't like Corperate America but don't like Liberal Elitists either. In other word's they are extremely bloody minded.
Another answer would be that Iowa is a more complex state than people realise or like to think; everything from ultra socially conservative Dutch farmers in northwest Iowa to extremely blue collar river towns on the Mississippi.
Perhaps the fact that over a long period of time, the Republicans have actually *lost* a lot of ground in rural Iowa might be worth noting.
Maybe the farm crisis still casts a long, long shadow.
Perhaps a mixture of all of them.
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