Most US farmers remain loyal to Trump despite pain from trade wars and COVID-19

Photo caption: Farm country demonstrates its continuing support for the president. Paul Weaver / Pacific Press / LightRocket via Getty Images. Article by Wendong Zhang and Minghao Li.

U.S. farmers have suffered a lot in the past few years: The trade war with China, natural disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic have all resulted in substantial losses for many producers.

Farmers overwhelmingly supported Donald Trump in 2016 and remain critical to his reelection in many swing states such as Iowa and Minnesota. But given the impact of all that’s happened, will they stick with the president in the November elections? […]

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