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9:56Now PlayingA fourth-generation Nebraska farmer who voted for Donald Trump three times just told the Washington Post he's done — "vote down the line, incumbents out" — and he says he's not the only one. Across the corn belt, the people who handed Trump his single biggest margin in 2024 are watching fertilizer, diesel, and trade-war fallout eat their operations alive. Fertilizer jumped nearly a third after the strike on Iran. Diesel blew past $5.50 a gallon. Farm bankruptcies are up 46%, and total farm debt just hit a record $624.7 billion.
So why are so many of them still standing on Trump's firewall while it cracks beneath them? And what does a 21-point collapse in rural approval mean for a midterm map that runs straight through farm country?
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1. NBC News "Farmers in Iowa are struggling in Trump's economy, but many say they still support him"
2. NBC News "Why these struggling farmers still support Trump"
3. Raw Story "Threetime Trump voter revolts against GOP in farm country'And I'm not the only one'"
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