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Re:U.S. Farmers Stung by Tariffs Now Face a $3.5B Corn Loss by khuey on Friday August 16, 2019 @09:10PM (#20721246)
This is true in the US too. Small government Republicans love farm subsidies because farm owners vote Republican.

The position of Iowa in the Presidential nominating system constrains the Democrats fairly severely too.

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Re:U.S. Farmers Stung by Tariffs Now Face a $3.5B Corn Loss by scarface74 on Friday August 16, 2019 @10:02PM (#20721482)
It’s because of the realities of the electoral college. The less populated states full of farmers have an out of proportion share of electoral votes.
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Re:U.S. Farmers Stung by Tariffs Now Face a $3.5B Corn Loss by specialist on Saturday August 17, 2019 @02:07AM (#20722436)
khuey may be referring to the presidential primary calendar, where the conservatives in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina have outsized influence by going first:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/us/elections/2020-p...

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