I live in a farming community surrounded by other farming communities that are surrounded by yet other farming communities. You have to drive 5 hours east, 4 hours south or 7 hours west (an hour north is Canada so that doesn't count) to get somewhere that ISN'T a farming community. They rail on welfare constantly! My wife and I went out to eat Saturday night with some friends who farm. He just finished harvesting peas last week and is having a hell of a time finding an elevator that will take them. They're all still sitting on peas from LAST year because there are no buyers. And there aren't any buyers because of Trump's Trade War. He's going to have the same issues here in a few weeks when he harvests his durum wheat and canola.
So I asked him if he's come off Trump any since he and I last talked about it in late spring. He (and just about every other farmer up here) is gonna ride that dick right down to the nub. They seem to think this hurt is only temporary...that Trump will get them an even better deal than they had previously. Never mind the fact that China is turning to the Argentina, Brazil and Russia markets so the US farmer may not even get back to where they already were, much less get an even better deal. But as long as Trump continues buying that agriculture vote with subsidies, the Trump support will endure.
Oh, BNSF has been furlowing guys left and right because there aren't any crops to move. But those fuckers are still right on board with him, too.