"There's a Latino hairstylist."

And remember Iowa is 90% white, disenfranchises 1 in 10 African-Americans because of felon disenfranchise law, has only 2 black mayors & has never elected a black or Latino statewide elected official

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) February 4, 2020

NPR this morning made sure to interview people in Denison, Iowa, who told the reporters how ethnically diverse their city is now:

ALMA PUGA: An Asian market right there - Lovan. There's a Latino hairstylist. And there's the pasteleria. They make cakes and stuff.

I was laughing so hard at that point I missed the rest of it.  (I live within walking distance of a fine pasteleria.  Taquerias, too; and Mexican groceries, butchers, and the like.  Asian grocery stores as well; Vietnamese noodle houses not a mile from where I sit; Korean Barbecue about half a mile away.  Polish, German, French, Indian (Asian, of course) food within easy driving distance; an Asian bakery, too, that my daughter swears by.  You get the idea; and why I laughed.) But rest assured:  Iowa is now slightly more representative of the country than it was 4 years ago.

(The estimated population of Iowa in 2020 is 3,179,849.  The estimated population of Houston, Texas in 2020 is over 7.1 million.  Houston is one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the country.  Can we just hold the Iowa primary in Houston, and get a better representation for the candidates before they're whittled down to 2 or 3 on Super Tuesday?)