Iowans
Corn Belt dwellers
Iowans are people from or living in Iowa, a state in the American Midwest.
The term carries connotations of rural, agricultural life and heartland values: Iowans take their role in the presidential caucuses seriously.
The state's first-in-the-nation caucus status means Iowans receive outsized attention from candidates every four years.
Closed political party meetings
- retail politicsPersonal, face-to-face voter outreach
- town hallsLocal government headquarters
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- swing stateElectorally competitive region
precinct captains · straw poll · independents · purple state
Iowa's team nickname
- MidwesternersCentral U.S. inhabitants
- caucus-goersPolitical meeting attendees
- heartlandersInterior region inhabitants
- cornhuskersMaize leaf removers
Des Moines · Cedar Rapids · Sioux City · Davenport · Dubuque · Waterloo · Mississippi River · Missouri River
Cultivated grain expanses
- soybeansProtein-rich Asian legume
- hogsPigs, or monopolizes
- harvestGathering mature crops
- farmsteadFarm with residence
silos · tractors · combines · John Deere · ethanol · cattle · grain elevators · detasseling
Wood's stoic rural portrait
- Field of DreamsFantasy about building a ballpark
- The Music ManSwindler sells instruments to town
- SlipknotMasked heavy metal group
- pork tenderloinLean cylindrical pig muscle
- John Wayne
- Grant WoodAmerican regionalist painter
- Glenn MillerSwing era bandleader
- Buffalo Bill Cody
Friendly toward those nearby
- friendlyShowing kindness, warmth
- potlucksMeals where guests contribute
- church suppersCommunal meals at worship halls
- town hallsLocal government headquarters
civic-minded · volunteering · small-town · tight-knit · cooperative · down-to-earth · hardworking · humble
caucuses
Closed political party meetings
- retail politicsPersonal, face-to-face voter outreach
- town hallsLocal government headquarters
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
swing state · precinct captains · straw poll · independents · purple state
Hawkeyes
Iowa's team nickname
- MidwesternersCentral U.S. inhabitants
- caucus-goersPolitical meeting attendees
- heartlandersInterior region inhabitants
cornhuskers · Des Moines · Cedar Rapids · Sioux City · Davenport · Dubuque · Waterloo · Mississippi River · Missouri River
cornfields
Cultivated grain expanses
farmstead · silos · tractors · combines · John Deere · ethanol · cattle · grain elevators · detasseling · barns
American Gothic
Wood's stoic rural portrait
- Field of DreamsFantasy about building a ballpark
- The Music ManSwindler sells instruments to town
- SlipknotMasked heavy metal group
pork tenderloin · sweet corn · county fair · German heritage
Herbert Hoover
- Grant WoodAmerican regionalist painter
- Glenn MillerSwing era bandleader
John Wayne · Buffalo Bill Cody · Ashton Kutcher · Elijah Wood · Ann Landers · Johnny Carson
neighborly
Friendly toward those nearby
- friendlyShowing kindness, warmth
- potlucksMeals where guests contribute
- church suppersCommunal meals at worship halls
town halls · civic-minded · volunteering · small-town · tight-knit · cooperative · down-to-earth · hardworking · humble · practical
IowansHawaiians
Residents of Pacific archipelago
coastal elites · Manhattanites · Californians · New Yorkers · Alaskans
IowansManhattanites
Manhattan's population
New Yorkers · city dwellers · urbanites · metropolitans · Hong Kongers
- Iowa CityEastern midwestern university town
- Iowa State UniversityLand-grant university in Ames
- Iowa caucusInitial presidential selection event