`The red wall is cracking`: Buttigieg gets ovation after expecting protests
(The Guardian United States)

His campaign feared hostility in Iowa´s most conservative county. But the local response told a different storyPete Buttigieg knew he was foraying into unfriendly confines when he was en route to Orange City, the seat of Iowa´s most conservative county.The gay ex-mayor of South Bend, Indiana, may be in the top tier of Democratic presidential candidates seeking to win this vital first voting state next month, but his sexuality was seen as likely to be a major issue in this corner of the state, Sioux county. Continue reading...