How Republican is Iowa?
While one party has unified control of state government in Iowa, the state ranks relatively low among its peers in this…
Politics in Iowa Blog
By Christopher W. Larimer, University of Northern Iowa Professor of Political Science
Do we need to keep asking?
The Gallup Presidential Job Approval Center is an…
As the nation goes, so do states
As mentioned in my previous blog, state…
Condition of the State Address
By Christopher W. Larimer, University of…
Political insight with KWWL Political Analyst, Dr. Chris Larimer
What a week! The historic seige on the U.S.…
Looking ahead to 2022
By Christopher W. Larimer, University of…
Dissecting the rural-urban divide
By Christopher W. Larimer, University of…
Iowa Election recap, as seen on The Steele Report
Editors note: This week’s program was recorded before network projects of the Joe Biden win, and just before the Jasper County county error revealed…
Rural-urban divide in Iowa sharp as ever
One of the big questions coming into election night was whether Democrats would be able to restore their ability to reach out to voters in more rural…
Politics has become a distracting “sideshow”
In the book, Modern Political Analysis, published in 1963, Robert Dahl, the late political scientist, wrote, “Politics is a sideshow in the great…
Two quotes to understand politics today
Yes, there is a lot of talk about the level of negativity in politics and the hyperpartisan/tribal/groupish nature of political dialogue, but as my…
The three anxieties of 2020
On Tuesday night, I participated in the webinar, “Understanding the 2020 Election,” hosted by the University of Iowa.…
Presidential loyalty
While the president’s visit to Des Moines on Wednesday again highlighted the importance of the state in presidential politics, there was an…
Politics by the base and politics by association
In his new book, Bases Loaded, elections and campaigns expert, Costas Panagopoulos of Northeastern University, argues that presidential elections are…
3 reasons for Biden to be optimistic about November
The previous blog focused on three data points the president can look to as being supportive of his chances in November. This blog does the same for…
3 reasons for the president to be optimistic about November
With just 36 days until the election, are there data the president can look to for hope about his reelection prospects in…
Iowa Senate District 30 candidates, as seen on The Steele Report
Iowa Senate District 30 always seem to be a very close race. Only 22 votes separated the candidates in a recent election. The current Senator in…