When you think of taxes and the services they supply, the first thoughts that come to mind are roads, police, fire-fighters, snow plow. Some even think of things in more progressive terms such as healthcare, college education, and market places where the average person could potentially be helped.

What you don’t usually think of is a Music Festival with Maroon 5 & Kelly Clarkson that Cedar Rapids Tax Dollars are going to support, $500,000 to be exact.

In what seems to be a testament against a “blue wave”, according to a NYT poll taken back in September, it shows that 45% of non-white participants, the majority, plan to vote Republican. With 42% voting Democrat are 13% undecided. Non-white people were 7% of those polled entirely.

What also is interesting is it shows 52% white people voting Democrat, with 37% voting Republican, and 11% Undecided. Showing a higher rate of non white people voting for Republicans than white people.

Now overall this poll also showed Abby trouncing Blum, and while we disagree with the polling numbers to that extent because it seems that they may have over sampled Democrats, although we can’t tell because the poll data does not show party affiliation.

No matter how you frame it, it shows the media’s race baiting narrative hasn’t worked in Iowa’s first district as much as they hoped and non white people are a powerful force within the Republican party.