Rumblings from the Democratic Party leaders about changes to primary elections would take Iowa out of the early voting have sent some in Iowa scrambling. This recent piece in the Des Moines Register also has folks watching as Iowa leads in politics and farming.
The mid-term elections are likely to redraw the political map for the next two years, but perhaps not as much as Republicans initially thought, pollsters and pundits say.
Most predictions have Republicans taking over the House by an as-yet undefined margin. If they do, they’re sure to launch investigations into the Biden administration and President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter.
Agripulse and many other Washington political watchers are keeping their eye on Democrats’ talk about changing the nomination process for their candidates. Former Iowa Lt. Gov. Patty Judge says losing the Iowa caucuses would hurt agriculture and also harm the Democratic Party. The caucuses have long forced Democratic candidates to focus on ag policy. In the run-up to the Democratic caucuses in 2020, Judge took Democratic candidates on tours of ethanol plants to stress the importance of biofuel policy to the state.