Why might Iowa swing to Harris?
Journalist Lyz Lenz, who has spent the past 20 years writing and working as a journalist out of Iowa, has an idea as to why the state could potentially swing to Kamala Harris after this evening’s bombshell poll.
She tweeted: “People want to know how Iowa could swing towards Harris, when the state has been solidly red for so long and let me tell you, as someone who lives here & writes about this state. It’s the abortion ban. Women are furious.
“60 percent of Iowans support abortion in all or most circumstances. Many Iowans remember a time before Roe. They remember life without choice and bodily autonomy. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa republicans passed a near total abortion ban. And people are mad.
“I don’t make predictions. But last two weeks, talking to organizers and politicians who have been on the ground and door knocking were full of hope, which is …