Iowa Republicans Divided 3 Weeks From Caucuses

Visiting Iowa is like opening a time capsule from the not-too-distant past. To anyone born before 2000, the place feels vaguely familiar, like a childhood memory of grandpa’s farm, or making a call from a pay phone. There are rolling hills dotted by farmhouses, endless acres planted with corn, and dozens of small towns lined with tidy streets and well-kept homes. And there are cows, lots and lots of cows. Iowa’s pastoral landscapes, low population density, and racial and religious demographics are nearly identical to 1950 America. The state remains almost 90 percent white and predominantly Christian with more than 40 percent of its households in the middle class. It’s a reminder of that seemingly unspoiled time before the Internet fragmented the country into a million micro-demographics and radicalized every political issue....