Iowa is small, white and Republican. Why is
it the epicenter of the 2020 Democratic race?
USA Today,
by
Peter Funt
Original Article
Posted By: NorthernDog,
7/20/2019 9:02:27 AM
The corn here is as high as a candidate's eye — at least the shorter ones like Pete Buttigieg and Julian Castro — though the harvest is a bit late because of heavy spring rains. Weather hasn't affected presidential aspirants, however. Democrats have produced a bumper crop. While I can confirm that Iowa is a nice place to visit, I do wonder if it’s really the best place to conduct intense presidential politics for over a year. Is Iowa sufficiently reflective of America, or the Democratic Party, to wield such enormous power in the presidential process? According to research by
Reply 1 - Posted by:
curious1 7/20/2019 9:28:05 AM (No. 128873)
Perhaps all these leftards wringing their hands about white people should get a one-way ticket to Africa where they would feel better. We have no walls keeping them here.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 7/20/2019 9:46:33 AM (No. 128898)
The media HATES that small town Hicksville, America has any say in how the Country is run.
There are several good reasons to start small. Many candidates in open primaries have no name recognition. If you had to make yourself "known" in a large state or in several large states, the task would be impossible. Focused in a couple states allows lots of visits and media coverage in manageable and affordable bites.
In addition, small states give you a chance to talk to real people and real state leaders that become impossible to connect to as you scale up as the primaries proceed. The big media envisions themselves and the areas they live as "unique" but the reality is that all people have common problems; jobs, how to pay the bills, education for their kids, availability of healthcare and various services, and a lot of other stuff connected to daily living. Small town politicking HUMANIZES the election.
The process also allows crafting of a unified message and practice in handling crowds of people. Starting small allows for goofs and gaffes that do minimal damage. You get to polish your campaign.
As the campaign ramps up, personal appearances become large and noninteractive. They are speeches, not meet & greets. As a candidate and campaign you get little feedback. Outreach is through impersonal TV ads, which many ignore and even resent. A minor candidate has no hope of breaking through or even just being listened to. Minor candidates, even though not making the final cut often represent important factions in the race and their early presence reminds the candidates that those factions require recognition and pushes the information into media coverage.
And finally, the candidates are RUNNING in Iowa and New Hampshire but they are SPEAKING to America. We get to know these candidates outside of carefully scripted interviews and speeches. Since a lot of people vote on their impression of the person, not so much their policies, (Yeah, it's a beauty contest.) that means a lot.
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The more I'm called a racist, the more racist I become.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Franz 7/20/2019 10:28:08 AM (No. 128943)
Once in office, Progressives/Democrats totally ignore the "fly over" states or pushing policies detrimental to them.
The reason Progressives/Democrats spend so much time and money there is to con them into believing that they care a rat's arse about them.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
coyote 7/20/2019 11:01:56 AM (No. 128989)
Why is Iowa the epicenter? Why doesn't Peter Funt take a long walk off a short pier.
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1st Pete your article is boring , 2nd I don't believe you really think Iowa is a nice place to visit.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
stablemoney 7/20/2019 12:19:45 PM (No. 129066)
Has anyone noticed the Democrats hate whites people, citizens, and males? Democrats say they don't need them, so shouldn't be surprised when they don't get their support.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 7/20/2019 12:32:12 PM (No. 129078)
Geography for Dummies: Iowa has always been small, white and conservative. The smallness rap is due only to the relative vastness of the Nation's Breadbasket. Going to Iowa (because it caucuses first among the other 50) is only the electioneers' way of pretending they give a flying fig what happens in Fly-Over, USA. Yada yada yada.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
padiva 7/20/2019 1:12:27 PM (No. 129117)
Well, it looks like PDT will be the Rep nominee. This gives some of the Reps the opportunity to become dems for the caucus. Who can they support to burn up some candidate's funds?
In 2008, many Reps became dems to vote for HRC in the dem primary to make the primary race last longer and cost more.
In 2010, I became a dem to vote for Spechter's opponent in the PA Senate primary. Yeah! Spechter lost.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
IowaMarinesDad 7/20/2019 3:32:42 PM (No. 129221)
Petey is pretty clueless. He’s trying to pretend he understands a wide range of things.
Petey says that the corn harvest is running behind because of the rain. Corn harvest starts in October and is usually done in early November. The only corn harvested in July is sweet corn. Looks like a great crop of that this year.
Go away, Petey.
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