Welcome to Week in Iowa.

It's no surprise to any Iowan that the state has shifted toward Republicans over the last 12 years.

In 2012, former President Barack Obama won the state by nearly 6 points. Half of Iowa’s Congressional delegation was made up of Democrats and control of the Iowa Legislature was split between the two parties. Iowa went to Democrats in four out of the five presidential elections before 2008.

In November, now-President Donald Trump won Iowa by over 13 percentage points, Republicans gained supermajorities of both legislative chambers and Iowa’s all-GOP congressional delegation won reelection.

Nearly a year after the 2024 election, we wanted to take a closer look at the reasons for the shift. We interviewed political scientists, analyzed voting data and traveled to c

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