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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-26-07 10:16 AM
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This is ridiculous, we need to stop the unrepresentative state of Iowa from having the first say
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F*ck tradition:

Here we have a tiny state that does not represent the American population (as far as finances and racial diversity) continually getting the opportunity to decide the Presidential nominee. This is nuts and must stop!

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/19/19095.html


White persons, percent, 2005 (a) 99.2% 94.9%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a) 0.2% 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a) 0.1% 0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a) 0.3% 1.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a) 0.0% 0.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 0.1% 0.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b) 1.2% 3.7%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 98.1% 91.5%

Housing units, 2005 6,811 1,306,943
Homeownership rate, 2000 77.9% 72.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 13.6% 18.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $85,600 $82,500
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