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David Nir
Well, welcome to the first day of summer and this week's edition of Nir and Rupar. We are extremely excited to be joined by our guest today, veteran Iowa political expert and longtime writer, Laura Bellin of Bleeding Heartland is on your Enrupar this week.
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And Laura, I know that in addition to Bleeding Heartland, you're also on Substack as well. So tell folks how they can find you and what the difference is between the two sites, if any.
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Laura Bellin
Yes. Iowa Politics with Laura Bellin is my Substack. And usually most weeks I cross post one piece from Bleeding Heartland. And then I'm also the part-time statehouse reporter for for KHOI Community Radio in Ames. So we have a weekly radio show that's also distributed as a podcast. So on my sub stack, Iowa Politics with Laura Bell,

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Sara Smith's avatar

There’s been a reversal of the parties’ bases. Democrats now have the highly informed, highly engaged voters that used to vote Republican. So it’s not surprising that Democrats would over-perform in special elections and off-year elections. We need to take capitalize on that advantage - Republicans were able to do so when the situation was reversed.

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Jekolski's avatar

This is an excellent summary of why the GOP has an iron grip on Iowa, and a reason that they could overthrow them is they decide to take off their rose colored glasses. https://www.stormlake.com/stories/editorials-changing-orders,151884

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Laura Bellin
Yes. Iowa Politics with Laura Bellin is my Substack. And usually most weeks I cross post one piece from Bleeding Heartland. And then I'm also the part-time statehouse reporter for for KHOI Community Radio in Ames. So we have a weekly radio show that's also distributed as a podcast. So on my sub stack, Iowa Politics with Laura Bell,