Maybe. I don't think those issues were widely known enough to account for the retention vote difference. https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/pdf/2010/judicialorr.pdf …https://twitter.com/Grange95/status/795074780600958978 …
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Replying to @LauraRBelin @desmoinesdem
1/3 Ternus had 8,760 more "No" votes than Baker, 6,663 more than Streit, out of 985,000 total votes. < 1% difference.
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Replying to @Grange95
More like a 2% difference. She had about 98% as many "yes" votes as Baker.
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Replying to @LauraRBelin @desmoinesdem
No. See my original math. Or if you prefer, compare "No" vote percentages: Ternus-54.98% Streit-54.38% Baker-54.14%
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Replying to @Grange95 @desmoinesdem
Again, gender bias may well be in play here. Just very difficult to tease it out from the vote totals.
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Replying to @Grange95
I'm talking about many elections over several decades in Iowa. Yes, some women win elections here but I think there are hurdles.
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Replying to @LauraRBelin @desmoinesdem
I agree with you completely on that point. Iowa has seriously lagged in electing women.
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Replying to @Grange95
And it's not as if we haven't nominated women! We've nominated many women for many offices up and down ballot.
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Replying to @LauraRBelin @desmoinesdem
I grew up in NE. In 1986, NE had a woman v. woman election for governor (Kay Orr v. Helen Boosalis).
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Replying to @Grange95
Nebraska is actually a very "urban" state compared to Iowa. Most population lives in Omaha or Lincoln metros.
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I grew up in a town of ~150 on the aptly named Republican River. Let's just say Democrats were rare in west NE!
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