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Peacetrain

(22,874 posts)
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 01:27 PM Sep 2020

Iowa is a toss up!!!! we are back in play, Trump took it by 12 in 2016..

Its 47 to 47, today... Iowa has the most Obama Obama Trump counties in the US.. 30 of them went Obama twice then Trump. People were sadly mistaken if they thought Iowa was blood red.. its not.. its deep purple.. with a blueish cast .. pack your bags you Trumpians.. we have had it with your shenanigan's and loud boorish behaviors..

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Iowa is a toss up!!!! we are back in play, Trump took it by 12 in 2016.. (Original Post) Peacetrain Sep 2020 OP
It's going to be very important to GOTV! LisaL Sep 2020 #1
I hate counting counties -- such a display of non-statistical understanding JT45242 Sep 2020 #2
If anyone can consider donating to Greenfield's campaign. Statistical Sep 2020 #4
objection noted, but stopdiggin Sep 2020 #5
Love it! Sogo Sep 2020 #3
Obama won it twice. Renew Deal Sep 2020 #6
The derecho there should get them to take climate change seriously. DSandra Sep 2020 #7

JT45242

(2,259 posts)
2. I hate counting counties -- such a display of non-statistical understanding
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 01:48 PM
Sep 2020

Iowa has 99 counties.... may with fewer than 25,000 people. That county bullshit is how republicans say they are more representative when they have a bazillion counties with empty land and cows. There are probably 3 counties in Ohio, 2 in Pennsylvania, etc. with more people than all of Iowa.

I live in Iowa and I hope that we vote against Trump and more importantly Ernst.

If you are a farmer -- other than they both hate the same color people you hate, why would you vote for either?
Protecting farmers -- nope tariffs are killing them.
Protecting jobs -- nope the fastest growing industry in Iowa was green energy (a lot of windmill production)
Health care -- Nope
Covid -- We are a disaster

Other than liking neoNazis what do Ernst and Trump have going for them. Nothing.

How any farmer could vote for a Republican when all the farm bailout money went to megacorporation farms is beyond me. Or person working on Green Energy, Rockwell Collins, the University system, etc.

It just makes me wonder...

Statistical

(19,264 posts)
4. If anyone can consider donating to Greenfield's campaign.
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 01:57 PM
Sep 2020

Good chance of flipping that Senate seat blue especially if Biden keeps improving as well.

stopdiggin

(11,292 posts)
5. objection noted, but
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 02:18 PM
Sep 2020

rural America really did have a lot to do with why we got to Donald Trump. Don't think so? Just ask the people in PA and WI what happened to their state.

Yes -- the red/blue maps are kind of a right wing goad (mindless schoolyard taunt) -- and mostly meaningless as far as election results and totals go. But the the rural Rush Limbaugh crowd illustrate where and how this country went from centrist moderate political views -- to red meat fanaticism

(really glad to hear IA has a chance of turning purple again. of course -- Terry will probably turn around and run for Governor-- for like the 4th time ...)

DSandra

(999 posts)
7. The derecho there should get them to take climate change seriously.
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 02:20 PM
Sep 2020

And of course only Joe Biden will do something about climate change.

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