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24 - Iowa’s Blackout Plates

Artistic License Hits the Road

from Part V - Is This Heaven? No, It’s Iowa!

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2021

Edward A. Wasserman
Edward A. Wasserman
Affiliation:
University of Iowa
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Summary

At least 18 months before each presidential election, prospective candidates for the highest office in the United States have, since 1972, flocked to the otherwise unsung midwestern state of Iowa. All of these challengers hope to jumpstart their campaigns with a victory in the Iowa Caucus, held on a single frigid winter evening prior to the upcoming November election. It must have taken astonishing foresight and planning for a small state like Iowa to wangle the first-in-the-nation presidential contest, right? On the contrary! The origin of the Iowa Caucus turns out to be a case study in circumstance and happenstance rather than foresight and planning. Furthermore, the subsequent evolution and likely demise of the Iowa Caucus appear to be highly subject to the influence of accidental and unintended consequences.

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Iowa Caucuspresidential election1968 Democratic conventionparty reformunintended consequenceJimmy Carterretail politics2020 caucus chaos
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As If By Design
How Creative Behaviors Really Evolve
 , pp. 270 - 275
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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References

Danielson, D. (2019). Blackout Tops Black and Gold in Sale of Iowa Specialty License Plates. Iowa Radio, October 30. www.radioiowa.com/2019/10/30/blackout-tops-black-and-gold-in-sale-of-iowa-specialty-license-plates/Google Scholar
KCRG-TV9 (2019, September 22). How the Popular Iowa Blackout Plates Are Made. www.kcrg.com/content/news/How-the-popular-Iowa-blackout-plates-are-made-561089191.htmlGoogle Scholar
Sandbulte, E. (2019). Dordt Inspires New License Plate Design. Sioux Center News, August 30. www.nwestiowa.com/scnews/dordt-inspires-new-license-plate-design/article_242cbb8c-ca66-11e9-b32c-7f295888a88f.htmlGoogle Scholar

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