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There is no we about it, the majority of farmers are Democrats.
this post was submitted on 23 May 2025
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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.
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.
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Farmers will pay more to hire local workers and they can sell their products for more because everybody has to pay more. This will effectively rise minimum wage for every citizen because demand for legal workers will increase.
Are only the farmer short sighted or do the emotions in this post come from people who know what is coming? Soon there will be a time when prices for food will rise but wages have not adjusted. It's not the farmers who will work more but every above minimum wage worker whose wages don't adjust.
Regular citizens have profited of human trafficing and low wages for unskilled workers.
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