Half of rural adults plan to vote for President Trump on election day, according to a new poll by DTN/The Progressive Farmer and Zogby Analytics Pulse of Rural America. That's a 17-point lead over Democratic challenger Joe Biden, whom 33% said they would vote for. Eleven percent of respondents said they are undecided, Dan Miller reports for DTN/The Progressive Farmer.
Comparatively, Trump led Hillary Clinton 46% to 24% in a similar survey in 2016 by the same pollsters. In sum: Trump has a smaller lead and a lower share of committed voters, and Biden has a higher share of committed voters than the Democratic candidate last time, Miller reports.
Other findings from the poll:
- 53% of respondents said they approve of Trump's performance as president, including his handling of the pandemic.
- 42% of respondents strongly or somewhat disapprove of Trump's job performance.
- 59% of farmers who responded said their operations would be struggling financially if not for direct federal aid through the USDA's Market Facilitation Program and the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program.
- 57% of farmers said Trump's focus on agriculture policy has improved their farming and/or ranching financial outlook, and that the 2018 Farm Bill has provided an adequate safety net for their operation.
- 56% of farmers said Trump's emphasis on trade negotiations with China and the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement has led to higher income potential for their farming operation.
- 54% of farmers said that environmental rules and regulations have not hurt their ability to manage their operation.
- 54% of farmers said that farming has been profitable over the past four years.
- 39% of rural adults said agriculture is worse off than it was in 2016, 23% said it's better off today, 22% of rural adults said it's about the same, and 17% were undecided.
- 67% of Democratic respondents said agriculture is worse off than four years ago.
- 40% of Republican respondents said agriculture is better off than four years ago.
- Almost 40% of those in the East, Great Lakes, and Western states said agriculture is worse off than four years ago, compared to about 33% of respondents in the South.
- Support for Trump is highest in the politically important Central Great Lakes region, where 55% of respondents over all support him, 60% of seniors age 65 and over support him, and 57% of married rural adults support him.
The poll only sought responses from rural residents; see the end of Miller's article for a demographic and geographic breakdown of responses.
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