Showing posts with label It's Not the Economy: Study Says Money Worries Didn't Drive Iowa Voters in 2016. Show all posts
Showing posts with label It's Not the Economy: Study Says Money Worries Didn't Drive Iowa Voters in 2016. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 24, 2019


By Daily Yonder., April 22, 2019

As the race for the 2020 presidential election ramps up, so too will questions about voter attitudes in states that switched from blue to red in 2016.

Iowa had more counties flip from Democrat to Republican than any other state, and the reason had little to do with economic anxiety, according to a new Iowa State University study. Instead, the research shows rurality, education and race significantly predicted the change from Democrat to Republican.