Today, RuralOrganizing.org released the findings from a poll of 7,004 rural and exurban voters fielded from June 30 to July 13, 2020 in seven Senate battleground states (Alaska, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Montana and North Carolina) and the critical presidential swing state of Wisconsin. [...]
This decision is especially important for rural states with large LGBTQ+ populations that don’t protect them from discrimination. [...]
New national polling conducted from April 25–29, 2020 by Change Research and commissioned by RuralOrganizing.org shows President Donald Trump’s job approval rating on the coronavirus outbreak has dropped from 48% approval in March to 41% approval in April, with strong approval dropping from 36% to 29% and strong disapproval increasing from 45% to 55%. The new research, which builds on polling conducted during the last week of March, 2020, also demonstrated that a larger proportion of voters has very serious concerns about re-opening the economy too soon (51% very serious concerns) than the proportion with very serious concerns about taking social distancing measures too far and hurting the economy (31% very serious concerns). [...]
The last thing American farmers need right now is for more food processing plants to shut down. But that trend won't end until Trump truly recognizes the dignity of agricultural work and gives immigrant food and farm workers the respect they deserve and the protection they need. American farmers are already on the brink. Dairy farmers are flushing their milk, corn producers are seeing closure of ethanol plants, livestock farmers are getting hit with the trade wars and coronavirus disruptions of export markets. [...]
Columbus, OH—Grammy Award winning bluegrass musician, Joe Troop of Che Apalache, introduced a new song titled “A Plea to the US Government to Fully Fund the Postal Service” urging support for the United States Postal Service, which is experiencing massive funding shortfalls during the Coronavirus
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