Black voters in diverse Iowa city voice support for Obama

Daniel Nasaw, Guardian Limited (UK)

Iowa is often described in journalistic shorthand as one of the whitest states in the country, and the small black population of just 2% is largely ignored. But in this city of 67,000, 14% of the population is African American - slightly higher than the national figure of 13%.

In an election featuring the most viable African-American candidate in history and the spouse of a former president once called “the first black president,” and in a Democratic contest that every poll shows a dead heat with the caucusing just days away, what happens in Waterloo could matter a lot.

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