Iowa Matters Less Than Ever for Democrats, but They Can't Quit ItThe state no longer goes first for the party's presidential nomination process, but ambitious politicians with an eye toward 2028 keep showing up. It's "the gravitational pull," as one Iowa Democrat put it.
Source: Iowa Matters Less Than Ever for Democrats, but They Can't Quit It (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/us/politics/iowa-democrats-president.html)