Iowa is too small and too white to kick off the primary calendar, and the caucuses themselves make the Electoral College look uncomplicated. Plus, can't something be done about Iowa food?
The other three states less diverse than Iowa are Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire, all locales where people who say “flyover” are at risk of owning vacation homes.
I think realistically, the people most likely to say "flyover" are faux-populist politicians in non-coastal states (like Joni Ernst), attributing imagined disdain to fictional residents of coastal states, to whip up resentment among their voters.
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The other three states less diverse than Iowa are Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire, all locales where people who say “flyover” are at risk of owning vacation homes.
I think realistically, the people most likely to say "flyover" are faux-populist politicians in non-coastal states (like Joni Ernst), attributing imagined disdain to fictional residents of coastal states, to whip up resentment among their voters.