How do you feel about Iowa?
57%
Love it.
- Emily Pelton, 29, from Brooklyn, NY
"Can't hate it because I've never been!" - Jennifer Beio, 26, from Chicago, IL
"Met some fabulous people in college from Iowa!" - Claire Watkins, 25, from Santa Cruz, CA
"Make the best of any place." - Sarah Conrad, 27, from New York, NY
"They really are more forward thinking!" - Whitney R, 25, from Princeton, NJ
"Why not? I don't judge." - Renee Lucas, 30, from New York, NY
"I've never been there, but they seem like nice people." - Sara Bour, 23, from Urbana, IL
"Why would you hate Iowa?" - Vida James, 28, from New York, NY
"Legalizing gay marriage was cool." - Marianna Branda, 23, from Miami, FL
"The state? I'm pretty sure its something there interesting." - Paula L, 28, from Miami, Florida
"Don't really care." - Jessi Odenbach, 28, from Chicago, IL
"Never been but I can't hate." - Alicia Cohen, 37, from New York, NY
"My dog was from Iowa." - Erika San Miguel, 32, from Larkspur, CA
"...and hate it at the same time." - Lauren McHenry, 26, from Dallas, TX
"The Hawkeyes know how to tailgate!!" - Stephanie Singer, 30, from New York, NY
"Why not? It never did anything to me." - Shannon Harknett, 24, from New Orleans, LA
"Can't knock it until I try it." - Grace Hsieh, 22, from San Diego, CA
"It's one of the states. No comment." - Rebecca Nashleanas, 25, from Los Angeles, CA
"I don't have really strong feelings either way, but it's an ok state." - Kristin Castro, 24, from San Francisco, CA
"Iowa? Really....." - Vanessa Jeong, 28, from San Leandro, CA
"What's to love or hate? I'm ignorant, I admit it. Sorry, Iowans." - Laura Lefkowitz, 35, from New York, NY
"I'm ambivalent, at best. The corn is tasty. And I loved Field of Dreams. Wasn't it shot there?" - Kate Sample, 31, from Chicago, IL
"I've heard it's a pretty state." - Anne C, 24, from Miami, FL
"Take it or leave it." - Anne C, 24, from Miami, FL
"Take it or leave it." - Miana DeGardeyn, 33, from Chicago, IL
"I've only been for football games and I loved them." - Dominique Jackson, 29, from Los Angeles, CA
"Where?" - Alison Dichter, 31, from New York, NY
"I didn't think used to anything but they've recently been more open than even NY." - Molly Millett, 23, from San Francisco, CA
"It reminds me of Star Trek." - JoAnna Di Tullio, 24, from Boston, MA
"I've actually never thought about it before." - Samantha Conniff, 24, from Brooklyn, NY
"I don't feel strongly either way... although I can't say I'd ever want to live there." - Deeana Lowe-Chin, 24, from Miami, FL
"I can't hate it because I have no reason." - Angela Lee, 23, from Cerritos, CA
"I've never been so I don't hate it." - Maya Calaway, 24, from Boston, MA
"I actually have no feelings so I thought I'd be positive rather than negative." - Pienby Laurence, 25, from Jersey City, NJ
"I love it by default. I have never been, but I don't hate anything." - Nancy Spruiell, 43, from New York, NY
"What's to hate?" - Becca Schepps, 29, from Brooklyn, NY
"Everything has its good and bad." - Nora Lahl, 31, from Milwaukee, WI
"Two words for you: Iowa Caucus." - Vicky Chivy, 26, from San Diego, CA
"Love it" - Nadia Reiman, 28, from Brooklyn, NY
"Either? meh. I do love midwest diners and thrift shops." - Wendy Liu, 23, from Alhambra, CA
"We have to visit at least once to know if we hate it, for now, lets be optimistic." - Sherika Mair, 29, from West Palm Beach, FL
"Never been there." - Julienne Irons, 27, from Los Angeles, CA
"Why Iowa? Does anyone care about Iowa?" - Kate Bailey, 26, from Chicago, IL
"I have absolutely no opinion about Iowa." - Rosie Dehoyos, 29, from Dallas, TX
"Don't know it so can't hate it." - Cheng-Cheng Lok, 24, from San Francisco, CA
"I don't know much about Iowa." - Gina Kim, 24, from San Diego, CA
"Is that the one with the world's biggest potato? No, wait, that's Idaho. What do they have in Iowa?" - Sara Jagodzinski, 24, from Carol Stream, IL
"Actually, I don't have an opinion." - Jessica G, 25, from Boca Raton, FL
"I am from Nebraska...farmer at heart j/k." - Ashley Hayes, 24, from Los Angeles, CA
"I can't hate something I know absolutely nothing about." - Kate Cohen, 27, from Syosset, NY
"Corn—potatoes—dogs—it's ok by me." - Tiffany Clarke, 25, from richmond, ca
"Never been there before but love the potatoes! lol." - Sara Koch, 30, from Youngstown, OH
"Ummm... what?" - Lisa Miao, 27, from New York, NY
"Good writers come from there." - Emily Woolf, 26, from Brooklyn, NY
"Sure?" - Frankie Robinson, 36, from Chicago, IL
"I went to Dubuque when I was a kid for a volleyball trip and it was cool! Nice experience." - Marisa Zupan, 27, from Brooklyn, NY
"Why not? Don't know a thing about it but I'll keep an open mind." - Grace Kang, 29, from Los Angeles, CA
"I don't know anything about Iowa." - Ashley Potter, 26, from Milwaukee, WI
"They have the BEST jalepeno popcorn there." - Ashley Becker, 26, from New York, NY and Miami, FL
"I'll love anything until you give me a reason to hate it!" - Kira Wilkinson, 27, from Washington, DC
"Don't love it, but I have family there, and I *love* them." - Regina Melzer, 32, from Los Angeles, CA
"Never been... yet...YET... that's the key word!"
43%
Hate it.
- Kimone Campbell, 27, from Palm Beach, FL
"Never been." - Wendy Farley, 44, from Charleston, SC
"I wish there was a happy medium here - I don't really love it or hate it." - Jennifer Manghisi, 27, from New York, NY
"It seems dreadful." - Rachel U, 26, from New York, NY
"Wish there was a different Swing State." - Miranda Elling, 32, from Chicago, IL
"I've never been to Iowa!" - Priya Massand, 30, from Flushing, NY
"Oh GOD. PLEASE. KILL ME NOW." - Justine Bour, 26, from Chicago, IL
"The state in general? It's boring, so I'm going to have to go with hate it." - Sandy Tragos, 32, from Chicago, IL
"Sorry, but what's in Iowa?" - Luana Suciu, 25, from Boston, MA
"And haven't even been there." - Genevieve Melzer, 27, from San Francisco, CA
"Middle states...why?" - Ashley Woolley, 25, from Chicago, IL
"GO ILLINI!!!!" - Jessica Chang, 30, from Los Angeles, CA
"More like ambivalent." - Jessica Barrutia, 24, from Chicago, IL
"Iowa Shucks." - Vicky Kuo, 24, from San Diego, CA
"What's over there?" - Britt Ancell, 26, from New York, NY
"Meh. It's not on my list of priorities to visit or anything." - Ann Dang, 24, from San Diego, CA
"Boring?" - Corey G, 25, from Chicago, IL
"Never been, and don't plan on it." - Danielle L, 26, from Chicago, IL
"What's the point?" - Heather Callan, 25, from Chicago, IL
"I've never been. Not sure I could get down though." - Cat Davis, 25, from New York, NY
"It's in the middle of nowhere." - Jen Gsell, 29, from Reston, VA
"Don't really care." - Anna Bykova, 23, from San Francisco, CA
"Not my style." - Susie Jones, 29, from Naples, Fl
"Ohio!" - Jessica Angst, 23, from Palm Beach, FL
"Iowa? Really....." - Jackie Rivera, 25, from Miami, FL
"What about Iowa? It's there. And we can't do anything about that." - Veronica Cheung, 24, from San Diego, CA
"CA or NY." - Senait Mengstab, 30, from San Francisco, CA
"Neither. Never been there, but it doesn't sound fun." - Lucy Malcolm, 26, from New York, NY
"Don't care? Iowa? What?" - Amber Sellers, 33, from Brooklyn, NY
"Not really 'hate', but not that interested in getting to know it." - Vicky K, 25, from Chino Hills, CA
"Where is it located on the map? that's right." - Jill Hanner, 34, from Astoria, NY
"Never been and never want to." - Deborah Lau, 23, from La Jolla, CA
"It sounds like a very backward state." - Tiffany Davis, 32, from San Diego, CA
"I don't know anything about Iowa." - Elise Stiller, 36, from Seaford, NY
"Honestly, don't know a thing about it!" - Doris Parker, 27, from Springfield, MA
"Seems like a state I would never go to." - Jacquelyn Tillotson, 31, from Miami Beach, FL
"It gets really cold there." - Johanna Beyenbach, 29, from New York, NY
"I have zero opinion on this." - Mercedes Tahir, 23, from New York, NY
"What! impossible to say something about a state that I'm almost unable to recognize as a state." - Katrina Robinson, 28, from Charleston, SC
"Never been there, don't care about going there." - Amy S., 25, from Chicago, IL
"Neither? Love the midwest. Hate places that are homogeneous." - Karoline D'Angola, 24, from Bernardsville, NJ
"Where is it exactly?" - Kate Sample, 31, from Chicago, IL
"I've never been, and don't plan on it." - Elinor N, 23, from New York, NY
"Iowa? The state?" - Dominique Vance, 23, from New York, NY
"Flyover state? No thanks." - Erika Thomas, 25, from Miami, FL
"I actually have no thoughts on it either way." - Kylan Conroy, 24, from Chicago, IL
"Have you ever had to drive through the ENTIRE state before?"