Trump’s Approval Rating Among Farmers Holds at 74 Percent

A sizeable majority of U.S. farmers and ranchers continue to approve of how President Donald Trump is handling his job, according to a new monthly poll by Farm Journal, an agricultural media company. Trump touted the results of the poll as he was heading back from meetings at the G-20 Summit. The president, at the same time, lamented how Americans farmers are being treated. “The highly respected Farm Journal has just announced my Approval Rating with our great Farmers at 74%, and that despite all of the Fake & Corrupt News that they are forced to endure,” he said in a June 29 Twitter post. “Farmers have been unfairly treated for many years – and that is turning around FAST!” The Farm Journal Pulse poll sent texts asking farmers one question only: “Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president?” Out of the 5,000 farmers asked, 1,129 responded to the survey. Out of those, 50 percent said they “strongly approve” of the way Trump is handling the presidency, with another 24 percent saying that they “somewhat approve.” The latest results were statistically the same as those conducted in December last year, when the Pulse survey first recorded Trump’s approval ratings among farmers. The survey has been conducted five times so far...MORE