Despite a heavily conservative shift in voter turnout at the ballot box in Iowa, results of a new post-midterm poll showed Iowans strongly support social justice causes. In the poll, jobs and the economy, the cost of living and restoring funding for abortion rights topped the list of Iowans most important issues. Katy Siddall, messaging director for the advocacy group Progress Iowa, which released the poll, said Iowans care deeply about protecting and promoting those causes, and the poll numbers bear it out. .
As the midterm election approaches, the Black Man Lab Foundation and the New Georgia Project have mobilized a nine-city tour across the state to give Black men a forum to discuss their top issues and concerns. Black men have been left out of the political conversation for too long in Georgia and around the country, said Marty Monegain, executive director of the Black Man Lab Foundation. He said their "lab sessions" welcome men of all ages, but the target audience is 13- to 25-year-olds. .