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Letter of the day: Who made Iowa the king (or queen) maker?
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Please help me understand something. Our country is allowing the following state to determine the two parties' presidential front runner:
• A state with 1 percent of the population, which is 91 percent white (not including Hispanics) compared to 67 percent nationally.
• A state with 89 percent of its land classified as farmland.
• A state whose population will be shrinking by 2030.
• A state with five U.S. representatives.
• A state that is below the national average of college graduates with a bachelor's degree or higher (21 percent vs. 24 percent).
• A state with its No. 1 industry as agriculture.
The state is Iowa.
How did we get here?
BARB DAVIES, BURNSVILLE
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