Voters everywhere are talking about the same issues. Here's why that matters
In Iowa's competitive 3rd Congressional District, candidates and voters are talking about the same issues as those everywhere else. That's part of a long-growing pattern.
West of Des Moines, at a recent rally for Republican House candidate Zach Nunn, Jack Wharton rattled off a list of his top voting issues.
"Just like everybody else, inflation is right up there" — he held a flat hand up next to his head. "Abortion is way down here, nonexistent" — he dropped his hand toward his hip — "I don't care about that."
He finished by tacking on a few more issues he worries about: "The border, the economy, the military."
Wharton, a lifelong Republican, said he doesn't like his current representative, Democrat Cindy Axne, because she "supports Biden's agenda." His is
