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Politicians pander to the ‘folksy’ Midwest – but ignore the region’s radical history | Jessa Crispin

The Iowa caucuses mean rolled sleeves, county fairs and tepid centrism. But the midwest was made with socialists’ sweat and abolitionists’ blood

It happens every presidential election. The candidates will get all folksy. They will eat a corn dog, they will start sentences with, “Folks …” They will play up any connection to the heartland they can dig up and they will use the word heartland a lot.

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