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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts) Wed Sep 30, 2015, 04:53 AM Sep 2015

Iowa's Republican Voters Are Incredibly Bigoted – And Setting the Tone for a Hateful Primary

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Iowa's Republican Voters Are Incredibly Bigoted – And Setting the Tone for a Hateful Primary

What's wrong with Iowa?

By Zaid Jilani / AlterNet September 28, 2015

Why are leading GOP candidates demonizing Muslims, Mexicans, African Americans and other minority groups?

Part of the answer likely lies in the first state to hold a GOP caucus: Iowa. Polling shows that voters there hold views that are staunchly bigoted, and in some cases even unconstitutional.

http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/iowas-republican-voters-are-incredibly-bigoted-and-setting-tone-hateful-primary

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Iowa's Republican Voters Are Incredibly Bigoted – And Setting the Tone for a Hateful Primary (Original Post) workinclasszero Sep 2015 OP

GOP voters about 1/3 of the electorate. 1/3 of Iowa GOP wants Islam made illegal. Hortensis Sep 2015 #1

I agree workinclasszero Sep 2015 #2

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

1. GOP voters about 1/3 of the electorate. 1/3 of Iowa GOP wants Islam made illegal.

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Wed Sep 30, 2015, 05:05 AM

Sep 2015

Seems pretty normal for both bigotry and ignorance to me.

On a happier note, GOP folk are older than Democrats, which means every year more of them die off. Also, fewer young people are drawn to what it has become.

This link is to FiveThirtyEight's interesting "presidential geography" report on Iowa. [link:http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/11/iowa-racially-homogeneous-but-politically-diverse/|

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

2. I agree

Reply to Hortensis (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 30, 2015, 05:45 AM

Sep 2015

The right wing teahaddists are old white and bitter. This country will be a better place in 20 years time hopefully.

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