(November 14, 2021 at 4:10 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:(November 14, 2021 at 3:36 pm)Jehanne Wrote: Iowa is really interesting, politically. Just to my south is Iowa City, which is very liberal (the home of the University of Iowa), but the rest of the county (Johnson County) is staunchly Republican. As one goes south of Johnson County on US218, there is somewhat a "no man's land", and just south of Riverside (future birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk), things basically turn into Missouri and Southern Culture begins to take over. (One can tell by the change of restaurants, hotels, etc.) The other major cities in Iowa (Waterloo, Des Moines and Dubuque) are liberal, but west of I35 it's all conservative, sometimes radically so. Steve King, one of the most bigoted congressman in recent history, was elected out west, representing the Sioux City region. As one goes north, things are still conservative, until one gets close to Minnesota, and there, one begins to encounter the "conservative tolerant" culture; those folks are conservative, but not the in-your-face type; significant numbers of Amish and Mennonites up in that area. I have "spooked" some Amish women on occasion, but other than that, have gotten along with them just fine.
I lived in Iowa City for a while in the mid/late 80s. I spent my much younger years in Ames...there's something different about college towns.
I'm surprised you think Dubuque is liberal as I grew up about 20 miles west of there and it was our 'big town'. But then it's been a llllooonnnnggg time since I lived in Iowa so I am sure some things are different now.
I grew up in Sumner; you must have grown-up near Dyersville.
As for Dubuque, it certainly has its prolife, conservative element, and so, I would say that it is more conservative than Iowa's other major cities. In any case, Trump can count Iowa as being in the bag if his fatty foods and/or obesity and/or jail do not prevent a 2024 Presidental run.
