Donald Trump has been a disaster for rural America | Steven Greenhouse
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Trump's policies have significantly increased costs for farmers, leading to political shifts in traditionally Republican rural states like Kansas. This development suggests that economic strain on the agricultural sector is influencing voter sentiment in key deep-red areas.
The president’s policies have taken such a toll on farmers that Republicans face trouble in deep-red states Donald Trump’s policies have been a disaster for the nation’s farmers, so much so that a near electoral miracle may soon happen: Kansas, one of the deepest red, most rural states, may elect its first Democratic senator in nearly a century. After Trump won farm country handily in 2024, many rural voters in Kansas, Iowa and elsewhere have soured on him because the price of diesel fuel, a key
- •The outcome of the upcoming Senate race in Kansas, which could mark the election of a Democrat in that state after nearly a century.
- •Further shifts in voter sentiment among rural populations in other deep-red states such as Iowa.