Not sure if anyone has posted a link to this individuals research elsewhere, but just came across this link today from an individual who is extremely active in Democratic Politics as an operative in Iowa, who collaborated with another individual to provide mapping solutions, and
basically rolls out precinct by precinct in Dubuque County, Iowa that in many ways helps explain the '16 GE PRES results in Iowa, much more effectively using real data to explain what happened in '16.
Regardless of anybody that has cross-linked to other boards, Iowa really deserves it's own thread, since although most of us on Atlas were expecting to narrowly vote Trump in '16, we weren't expecting the blowout there.
https://iowastartingline.com/2017/01/03/how-dubuque-county-went-republican-for-the-1st-time-since-eisenhower/So at this point, I'll just post the link and let people comment, since there is a ton of data here that is transferable not only to other counties in Iowa, but also places in MN, IL, and WI, and I'm still trying to process some of the data such as the "German Catholic" vs "Irish Catholic" Dem WWC precincts of the City, and it definitely reinforces data regarding low voter turnout of Millennials, combined with high levels of 3rd Party support, etc....
Pretty cool read, and unfortunately we don't have that many posters from Iowa (Well we do have some with other State avatars) but still, I think this piece is at least a solid starting point to discuss Iowa '16 GE Pres results, compared to any other analysis or discussion that I have seen on Iowa on Atlas.
Thoughts?