55 Percent of Farmers and Ranchers Support Trump, Agri-Pulse Poll Finds

Agri-Pulse, one of the most trusted farm and rural policy sources in Washington, D.C., conducted a new nationwide poll from Oct. 15-18 on how farmers and ranchers will vote in the presidential election. According to the poll's findings, 55 percent of those surveyed say they'll support Donald Trump, while 18 percent are throwing their support behind Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Only 2 percent plan to vote for Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson and just 1 percent for the Green Party's Jill Stein. Fifteen percent of respondents were undecided and 8 percent refused to answer.

Trump attracted 59 percent of the male and 37 percent of female voters, while Clinton drew support from 15 percent of the males and 33 percent of the females. Some 18 percent of the female respondents said they were undecided. The GOP nominee scored particularly well in two battleground states, with support from 68 percent of the farmers and ranchers in Ohio and 58 percent in Florida. The Agri-Pulse Poll, conducted by Aimpoint Research reached out to commercial operations of 200 acres or more. When asked if they were satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in the country, a whopping 86 percent said they were “somewhat” or “very dissatisfied.” Indicating an uptick detected in another Agri-Pulsepoll conducted in late January of this year.