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TexasTowelie

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Sun Oct 30, 2016, 01:49 AM Oct 2016

Iowa is looking like Trump territory, but Clinton has a shot at winning Nebraska’s 2nd District

Iowa has always been tough terrain for Hillary Clinton, and the swing state is proving to be no less difficult in 2016 for the Democratic presidential nominee.

The state that handed Clinton a dismal third-place finish in the 2008 caucuses is one of the few swing states where Republican Donald Trump has consistently led in the polls for the past several months.

The rural state is also one of two battleground states that may return to the Republican fold after two presidential election cycles in the Democratic column.

“Iowa, along with Ohio, may be the best chance Trump has to win in states that Barack Obama carried twice,” said Kyle Kondik, with the University of Virginia Center for Politics.

Read more: http://www.omaha.com/news/politics/iowa-is-looking-like-trump-territory-but-clinton-has-a/article_126c2bdf-f787-5ff0-a1fe-68e141af4aae.html

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