Iowa voters who sought Trump will have buyer's remorse # 039; in 2018?

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Iowa voters who sought Trump will have buyer's remorse # 039; in 2018?













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A district in Iowa that voted for the former president Barack Obama twice before turning around for president Donald Trump In 2016, two years later, he continues to find his political identity.



The 1st Congressional District of Iowa held its first debate before the midterms on Friday night in a crowded auditorium on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa.



Two-handed Republican Representative Rod Blum, a Trump supporter and member of the House's Freedom Caucus, faced Democratic challenger Abby Finkenauer, a 28-year-old state representative who has been endorsed by several groups of progressive women, among them NARAL Pro-Choice. List of America and EMILY.



The voters who attended, as well as the moderators of the debate, suggested that the choice It feels like an opportunity for the district to decide if they are happy with the republican vision of the country.



"We used to be a kind of purple state. We do not vote in one way or another. We voted what we thought was better, "said Jennifer Wolff, a 47-year-old occupational therapist from Waverly, Iowa, after the debate.



"And now we have become republicans," he finished.



The first district of Iowa is made up of 20 counties and has a "purple" past. Obama won all the counties of the district in the 2008 presidential election and then 17 counties in 2012.



But all that changed in 2016, since Trump had 18 counties, which allowed Obama to support Obama in 2012.



Iowan voters in the two-party debate acknowledged that the political change seemed to be a reaction to Obama's reputation as a hopeful and change-making candidate, although they had different reasons why that caused the change.



Some, like Wolff, said it's because Obama generated too many social changes for this district of Iowa at too fast a pace.



"I think we are on the verge of a big social change and Iowa is very conservative," Wolff said, adding that he traced the "backslide" to people who are "afraid of change."



Wolff, a Democrat, plans to vote for Finkenauer in November.



But others, such as Joe McGough, a 50-year-old Republican who said he plans to vote for Blum, said it was not the hope and change voters were looking for.



"I think a lot of people felt that under Obama, they were given false hope," said McGough, a Cedar Falls resident and sales representative for medical equipment.



"Or that the actions he took as president did not represent the mainstream of the United States. It was more progressive, more liberal, "McGough continued," What Trump brought was really a day-to-day approach to trying to solve problems. "





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President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Landers Center Arena on October 2, 2018, in Southaven, Miss.

As a Republican, McGough voted for Trump over Hillary Clinton in 2016, although he voted for former President Bill Clinton when he was on the ballot.



Christopher Merck, a 23-year-old student at the University of Northern Iowa and a Republican, also explained the change in the district as a manifestation of disappointment in Obama.



"People felt that Obama and the Democrats abandoned them and simply left them out," Merck said.



But Merck did not vote for Trump in 2016. Instead, he wrote to former presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, Romney's running mate in 2012 and now the Speaker of the House.



"I support some of the things he does, but I do not personally support him," Merck said of Trump. "I think it has great character flaws and that it is not handled in a respectable way either."



Merck said he has not decided who to vote for in the next Chamber race. Other undecided voters with whom he has spoken and who voted for Trump have expressed that "buyer's remorse" has overflowed in 2016, he said, which could change his votes.



Nearly 40 percent of registered voters in the district do not identify with any of the major political parties, and those voters will likely have the greatest impact on the midterm career.



"I think there is some buyer's remorse, especially for the independents who voted for Trump," Merck said. "The independents seem to be inclined towards the Democrats when I speak to them, but the Republicans are still quite strong with the Trump train."



Many of the problems faced by voters seemed to have a broader national level that went beyond this district of Iowa: the responses of the candidates for medical care, the selection and rates of the president's Supreme Court justified the biggest bumps and boos of the audience.



In a district with a largely agricultural community, the trade war with China becomes very important. Iowa is the second soybean producing state in the country, with a growth of about 12 percent of the nation's soybean per year, according to the Iowa Soybean Association.



Blum, who has voted with President Trump 92 percent of the time, according to The Fivethirtyeight follow-up. - He expressed his support to the president on trade.



"I think the president." He broke Canada, will break China and our farmers will move forward in the next 20 years when these new trade agreements are made, "said Blum.



But Finkenauer, whose sister and brother-in-law are corn and soybean farmers in the district, argued that the farmers were not so sure.



"This whole idea of ​​'being patient, being patient, it will be worth it in the long term', and I am talking to our farmers and, frankly, they are worried," said Finkenauer. back.





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Representative Rod Blum participates in a round table at Northeast Iowa Community College on July 26, 2018 in Peosta, Iowa.

Blum acknowledged that record crops and uncertainty in the market have caused prices to fall, but said he believes that farmers know that the short-term setback will lead to a good future.



"The farmers I talk to, 95 percent of them say: 'Yes, prices are going down right now, these are difficult times right now, but we are willing to stay there in the short term to have long-term prosperity '"Blum said.



McGough said he supported Blum's response, which reflected Trump's own rhetoric.



"I think Rod hit him on the head," McGough said. "I mean, I think he admitted that at the moment, the farmers are suffering, I think he was sincere and honest about it ... but I also think that Rod sees the big picture."



But Mickey Dunn, a Democrat who expects Finkenauer to change the district, had greater concerns about the impact on farmers.



"I've lived long enough that I remember when we had the farm crisis in the 80s," said Dunn, who attended the debate with his adult son.



"And people lost their farms, and they went bankrupt, and people committed suicide, and it was horrible, and it could happen again, if crop prices fall precipitously, that can happen again," he said.



Candidates were also asked about beleaguered Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and whether they believed it should be confirmed, and they both clung to their party's discussion.



Finkenauer said a lifelong appointment to defend the constitution on the court requires "maximum character" and she believes Kavanaugh has been questioned.



"We need to believe the survivors, and the fact is that I have very serious concerns about Judge Kavanaugh. And when it comes to a lifetime appointment, it's better that we take those concerns seriously and take our time with that, "said Finkenauer.



Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court was marred by controversy after three women accused him of sexual misconduct. He has denied the accusations.



Blum agreed that assault victims should be believed and "regretted" by both Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who said Kavanaugh tried to rape her when they were both teenagers.



But he said that more corroboration of Ford's story was needed to disqualify Kavanaugh.



"In our country there is a legal burden, you are innocent until proven otherwise, you are not guilty until proven otherwise. And there has been no corroboration of those facts, "said Blum.





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Democratic candidate Abby Finkenauer represents a portrait on her parents' property in Dubuque, Iowa, on June 4, 2018.

Both candidates drew applause for their position, and voters seemed to split the party lines.



McGough, the father of a 24-year-old daughter, said that while he believed that both Kavanaugh and Ford could be considered sincere, he believed that the Democrats were unfair to Kavanaugh during the Judiciary Committee hearing.



"In my opinion, his character was not killed. His character was killed. And he was killed by the Democrats in the Senate, "McGough said.



Wolff, a Democrat, said she believes the battle is bigger than Kavanaugh, and talks about the biggest problem of sexual assault.



"I think a lot of that has gone on for so long and it has only been underlying, and the fear that it comes out and that women feel empowered by that scares a lot of men in strong places," Wolff said.



With election day just one month away, voters will soon be heading to the polls to cast their ballots, which could reveal if those who turned to Trump support that decision.



"People are very torn," Wolff said when asked if his Republican friends support the president.



"They do not like Trump, but they still believe in some of the things he's doing, and so they're a bit torn about what to do, you know, 'Do we need to vote in return or do we stick to this and see what happens?'

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