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Talking Politics in Iowa

Talking Politics in Iowa

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The University of Iowa’s Public Policy Center is holding a forum on political discussion on the campus in Iowa City. Center director, Peter Damiano, says they held a similar forum before the last Iowa Caucuses and decided to do it again. The forum on political discourse focuses on redistricting, campaign finance laws, and how the media report on politics…
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Iowa is held up as a model for redistricting, as Damiano says it’s one of just a few states which use a bipartisan approach….
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Damiano says the media reporting on politics has changed as more and more media sources have come into the picture.
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