(November 15, 2021 at 1:07 am)Jehanne Wrote:(November 14, 2021 at 4:10 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: 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.
Yep, the home of The Field of Dreams. It was dad's hometown and where his mother was born.