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BaronChocula

(3,957 posts) Thu Dec 18, 2025, 02:33 PM Thursday

It's not all of the farmers

Kamala Harris took 40 percent of the vote in Missouri and this farmer was part of that.

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It's not all of the farmers (Original Post) BaronChocula Thursday OP

Nationally it was Trump - 77% in farming areas. RockRaven Thursday #1

"Farming areas" Cirsium Thursday #3

There's a lot of us here in MO, pls. don't write us off. Gerry-Mandering has done an ugly job in MO, distorting who and SWBTATTReg Thursday #2

RockRaven

(18,617 posts)

1. Nationally it was Trump - 77% in farming areas.

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Thu Dec 18, 2025, 02:36 PM

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Cirsium

(3,291 posts)

3. "Farming areas"

Reply to RockRaven (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 03:03 PM

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"Farming areas" does not mean farmers - farm owners. There aren't enough farmers to swing elections. I am in a heavily agricultural area, traditionally Republican. Trump beat Harris 47,000 to 44,000 in the three counties here. Yet there are only about 300 full time growers in the area. Farm owners vote about the same as owners of every other kind of business. The USDA says there are less than 3 million farmers now nationally, and their definition is very liberal - anyone making at least $1,000 gross per year selling farm products.

SWBTATTReg

(25,990 posts)

2. There's a lot of us here in MO, pls. don't write us off. Gerry-Mandering has done an ugly job in MO, distorting who and

Reply to BaronChocula (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 03:02 PM

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how one would win an office in MO. This distortion of the voter's choice by distorting grossly political districts to enable repug victories is one of the worst crimes in US political history. Those that voted to distort the votes of 10s of millions of us should be made to pay for these crimes.

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