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Purple Iowa sparks debate on presidential primaries
Joel Snell notes Iowa is not strictly red or blue but purple, a retail state where candidates meet voters in homes and crowds flock to events. He references Bill Whalen of the Hoover Institute and cites local voting patterns in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines as evidence of Iowa’s mixed political character.
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