Iowa? Is It the Farmers?

All of us are absolutely abuzz this morning about Kamala being up by 3-4 points in Iowa. And somewhat puzzled. Then I remembered something I posted about a couple of weeks ago: the Wisconsin Farm Bureau endorsed Tammy Baldwin for Senator, the first Dem they’ve endorsed in 20 years. The reason I gave was that Tammy has a great reputation in rural communities for helping farmers and actually understands the Farm Bill, which her opponent said he’d read... if he got elected...

But Iowa? Hmmmm...Oh yeah, one of the biggest EXPORTERS of grain and livestock in the country! (www.iowaeda.com/...) And if you follow that link, you’ll end up at a page at the Iowa Economic Development Association. And you’ll see how much ag stuff Iowa exports and how significant it is to the entire Iowa economy. And Trump’s tariffs, which instigated a trade war, damaged the Iowa economy. And another round of Trump tariffs would do the same thing: hurt the Iowa economy.

Oh — and you’ll see that two of their major buyers are China and Mexico.

If you go to states like Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, etc., you not only see huge farms, huge fields of crops, and huge grain and meat processing operations, but you see all of the small towns that dot the horizon, with small businesses that exist only because of the agricultural sector.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/3/2282099/-Iowa-Is-It-the-Farmers