Carly Fiorina Shuns Alma Mater To Root For Iowa In Rose Bowl

Some presidential candidates will do anything to win over Iowa voters.

For Carly Fiorina, that meant shunning Stanford University -- her alma mater -- and rooting for the University of Iowa to win the 2016 Rose Bowl.

Many recognized the move as blatant political pandering, taking to Twitter to express their dismay with Fiorina for turning her back on her school:

According to HuffPost Pollster, Fiorina is currently trailing many of her GOP presidential rivals, including Donald Trump, Ben Carson and Chris Christie.

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