The 2020 Candidates' Early Travel Strategies In Iowa

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Iowa Starting Line

A nonstop parade of presidential candidates has visited the good people of Iowa nearly every day this year. Turn around any weekend in a major Iowa county and you’re likely to bump into a White House hopeful.

However, not every corner of the state has received the same amount of 2020 attention, nor have the candidates stuck to traditional or similar early travel routes. And seeing where the candidates have started their Iowa outreach this year can provide intriguing clues to their campaign strategy.

Let’s take a look at which counties each candidate has visited during 2019. We won’t be reaching back to include early visits in 2018 and 2017, in part because this already took enough time to put together as is. And where they’ve been since the primary has really kicked off this year is insightful all the same.

We’ll do these in alphabetical order. Counties shaded in darker colors means the candidate has been there multiple times in 2019. This counts events scheduled through this weekend. We’re only counting structured events, not quick, off-the-record stops for a few press photos. Before people complain, color choices were based off the color schemes the candidates themselves are using for their own campaign.

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1. Beto is a freaking work horse

He puts the energizer bunny to shame, lol.