when Braindead won re-election. 2018 was the exception for a few Representatives, but that most of that was reversed today, with the exception of Cindy Axne and only by 1.5 points. But at its core, Iowa is a mostly rural state. Yes, you have Des Moines and suburbs, Cedar Rapids and suburbs, Iowa City, Waterloo and suburbs, and the Quad Cities, (but excluding Sioux City, which RationalWiki called the biggest trailer park in the whole Midwest, Dubuque, which is a conservative town, or Council Bluffs, which went hard for the GOP in this and the last election) but in every election, their votes get outnumbered and overwhelmed by votes coming from all the rural areas and small towns. Democratic candidates, like J.D. Scholten, have tried to go out into the rural areas, meet with voters, listen to them, address their concerns, etc., but even he couldn't win in a race against the most outspoken racist, white supremacist Nazi to ever hold a seat in Congress in modern times (Steve King - Good riddance to him). Meanwhile, Republicans have a lock on all the levers of power in Iowa and probably will for the foreseeable future and this situation won't change, unless Democrats figure out a way to break the hold that Fox News, talk radio, and conservative churches have on Iowa's rural and small town voters. So, to all of you DU readers who have given Iowa flyover country and this comment a passing glance, think VERY good thoughts for us Idiots Out Wandering Around.
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