Is this an attempt to escape the influence of the pot-smoking libertarian college students influencing this political event?

Iowa Republicans Shake Up The Famed Straw Poll

The famous Iowa Straw Poll will have a new location in the Hawkeye State for the first time since the poll was created in 1979, the Republican Party of Iowa announced Thursday morning.

The Central Iowa Expo Grounds in Boone, Iowa will host this year’s event on August 8th.

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Or maybe the GOP just doesn’t want to be seen in on the grounds of a university with a bunch of science geeks?

Anyway, Boone is only a few minutes drive west of Ames, so I don’t know if the attendance will be any different. It is west, though, and that starts getting into wingnut-land (Steve King’s district), away from the Democratic party dominated Story county (home of Ames.)

Anyway, I find it sort of ironic that the Republican governor admits this event isn’t so important to the GOP anymore.