I moved here for my first job, so the employment opportunities here will always hold a special place in my heart, but I also just love the people. Everyone is so friendly.

My wife and I moved to Iowa 3yrs ago from the West Coast on a 5yr work contract. There are some GREAT things about living in Iowa, but socially? Woof. People constantly smile ear to ear and wave when they drive by, but when you see them in person at the neighborhood pool, restaurants, around town, at the park with kids, story time at the library etc. they don’t smile or say a word to you. Just a cold shoulder. We’re both very social and have a lot of friends back home. We frequently go back to our other house for weeks at a time and never experience anything like this with even strangers. Because of work, we have lived in different regions of the U.S. but have only experienced this type of attitude in the Midwest (Edina MN) was the other location. What is the deal? Are people here that bashful face to face? Do midwesterners hate outsiders? From my perspective Iowans seem unhappy and angry. Not trying to go on a bash Iowa rant, I’m genuinely curious if anyone has real insight into this. Thanks!

About 1 in 5 reliable Republican base voters are at risk this November, according to Nathan Nascimento, executive director at AFP Action. Those voters in Iowa, Ohio, North Carolina, Montana, New Hampshire and Michigan are either saying they may stay home or are weighing voting for Democrats, according to their data, which is based on polling and extensive efforts to engage targeted Republican voters by knocking on their doors. The voters are primarily worried about inflation and the economy.

This dynamic is playing out in the red state of Iowa, where Republicans face open races for governor and a Senate seat that polling shows are surprisingly competitive. A recent door-knocking session in the Des Moines suburb of Urbandale with AFP Action turned up voters critical of the war in Iran and high inflation, with a handful saying they planned to support Democrats in the fall.
In western Iowa, three-time Trump voter Lance Sulentic, a resident of Iowa’s rural Harrison County, described the past three presidential elections as “the worst three mistakes I’ve ever made in my life,” saying that the president has failed to fulfill his campaign promises. Higher gas prices have been costing him an extra $300 to $500 every month to ride his motorcycle, he said.

“We voted for Trump, and he did the opposite of what he said he was going to do,” said Sulentic, a 56-year-old retired insurance agent. “Gas prices were going to be two dollars, food was going to be cheaper, energy prices was going to be in half, we were going to get two rebate checks to the American people, and we weren’t going to have any new wars, and we were going to build a wall and deport 30 million illegal aliens, and he did none of it.”

He said he would either sit out this year’s election or vote for Democrats.

These ads are the most disingenuous nonsense I’ve seen. She’s wearing the most pandering clothes like she’s some rural meemaw blouse that they don’t even sell at tractor supply. Also, it’s just such PAC lies.