Central College’s Professor of Political Science Andrew Green offered political predictions to Bloomberg News prior to the midterm elections. Published on Oct. 24, Green provided an opinion that Iowa may lose its swing-state status — a notion reinforced by the results from last week’s election in the Hawkeye State.

Green served as one of several sources in the article and was cited as an independent voter. “If Republicans sweep the statewide offices along with the federal and state legislative races in 2022, Iowa’s status as a bellwether is probably over,” he said. “Iowa has always been known for having an independent streak.”

Green believes the issues with the 2020 caucuses — which he has researched extensively, coupled with the strong performance of Republicans, will likely lead to Democrats going elsewhere for their presidential candidate introduction.