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Trump’s Biofuel Broken Promise
Trump promises a lot. But how much does he really deliver? When you look closely, not very much at all. And of those promises, he's made a complete mess of one in particular — standing up for renewable fuels. Take a look. From the first year of his presidency until...
January Poll Results
Focus on Rural America Co-Founders former Iowa Lt. Gov Patty Judge and Jeff Link released the results of their latest poll on a conference call with reporters Monday morning. This is the 6th quarterly poll from Focus on Rural America which began tracking presidential...
Rural: Ask Them About It
As we all know, the next debate of the Democratic primary is tomorrow, November 20th. We've had a few of these already, and we've gotten a lot of good air time on candidates foreign policy plans, their health care plans, or their perspective on President Trump. What...
The Economic Gap in Rural America
A new report from the USDA reinforces what we've been seeing on the ground in Iowa and across rural America: Population levels and personal incomes are falling off, while poverty rates are on the rise. This bad news means it is more important than ever for...
Squeezing the Margins
Something we've been saying since 2016 is that Democrats don't need to win back every rural county. What they have to do is show up, articulate a vision, win where they can, and squeeze the margins everywhere else. Last night in Kentucky, Governor-elect Andy Beshear...