Why is Iowa Important? [View all]
A person asked this in another thread and I thought it best to post my viewpoint here.
Ok, sit down. Put on your tin foil hat, I am going to tell you the real reason New Hampshire and later Iowa were always given so much emphasis in presidential politics.
1. They are relatively small states, especially New Hampshire, and that made it easy for the press to cover.
Now hold on for the turbulence...
2. They are overwhelming white and non-immigration states historically and don't have very large cities.
That's right, the national media owned by white male protestants and the entire white male protestant power structure back in the day wanted the narrative about the next President to be set by this overwhelming white protestant states.
They didn't want all those grubby immigrants and minorities crowded into those big cities setting the table, so to speak. And it also excluded all the white trash factory workers. Let me not leave them out.
They wanted Norman Rockwell small business and family farm owners to set the table. In short, their view of "real" America.
Many people, including me, still thinks this is more true than not.
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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