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There is no we about it, the majority of farmers are Democrats.
Anecdote. I own a seasonal nursery. All of my customers that I've personally met are farmers in the Southeast US. Sample size is around 200 farmers. All of them but one supported this dumpster fire & the one that didn't, sold her farm because she hated it in Florida & somewhat ironically bought an orchard in Vermont.
I didn't know that. Thought all rural farmers were republican
I tried to find some data to back my claim up, but it's been pretty difficult. Conflicting sources on both sides.
Then are you sure you should be claiming and repeating it?
Yes because I believe it to be true.
Hmmm...
Well, you're wrong
You're free to back that statement up.
good on you for calling yourself out.
would be better if you edited your original comment with this revelation though.
Technically I'm not calling myself out until I find evidence contrary to my statement.
oh, so you're just trolling. cool.
my block list was hungry anyway.
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I found these that say the majority of farmers are Trump loving republicans.
https://www.businessinsider.com/charts-show-the-political-bias-of-each-profession-2014-11?op=1
https://www.statista.com/chart/23242/farmers-presidential-election/
That's good but the Crowdpac study measure "Donors" in the "Agriculture" industry which is a lot more than just farmer. I wouldn't describe the suits at Monsanto, Land'o'Lakes, or Tyson as "Farmers."
Statista is better but they're not the source, WSJ is the source they cited, and they're paywalled but Statista claims the sample size is 5000 which might be pretty good depending on their methodology but it's hard to say.
A lot of other pollsters like AGNews and Farm Policy News lack credibility, but while looking around for something more substantial while also very focused on the demographic I found this link hosted by Purdue University which measures farmer optimism and it does indeed show a large spike in confidence following the election. However, they also showed a large spike after Biden took office.