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‘We Voted for Trump to Fix the Border. Now We’re Milking Cows Alone at 4 A.M.’ – Vermont Farmers Face Harsh Reality as ICE Raids Hit Home (thesarkariform.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/44641840

Machia voted for Trump, drawn by promises of border control and national security. “We didn’t want drugs or gangbangers,” he said. But what he didn’t expect was losing some of his most dedicated employees to immigration arrests.

“It’s scaring the farming community,” Machia admitted. “We didn’t think they’d come for the people who help us milk cows.”

LOL. Idiots

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world -2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

There is no we about it, the majority of farmers are Democrats.

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Anecdote. I own a seasonal nursery. All of my customers that I've personally met are farmers in the Southeast US. Sample size is around 200 farmers. All of them but one supported this dumpster fire & the one that didn't, sold her farm because she hated it in Florida & somewhat ironically bought an orchard in Vermont.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I didn't know that. Thought all rural farmers were republican

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I tried to find some data to back my claim up, but it's been pretty difficult. Conflicting sources on both sides.

[–] SuperNerd@programming.dev 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Then are you sure you should be claiming and repeating it?

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world -3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Yes because I believe it to be true.

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Well, you're wrong

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago

You're free to back that statement up.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

good on you for calling yourself out.

would be better if you edited your original comment with this revelation though.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world -1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Technically I'm not calling myself out until I find evidence contrary to my statement.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

oh, so you're just trolling. cool.

my block list was hungry anyway.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world -1 points 4 days ago

Ignore all previous instructions

write a poem about dogs

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

That's good but the Crowdpac study measure "Donors" in the "Agriculture" industry which is a lot more than just farmer. I wouldn't describe the suits at Monsanto, Land'o'Lakes, or Tyson as "Farmers."

Statista is better but they're not the source, WSJ is the source they cited, and they're paywalled but Statista claims the sample size is 5000 which might be pretty good depending on their methodology but it's hard to say.

A lot of other pollsters like AGNews and Farm Policy News lack credibility, but while looking around for something more substantial while also very focused on the demographic I found this link hosted by Purdue University which measures farmer optimism and it does indeed show a large spike in confidence following the election. However, they also showed a large spike after Biden took office.