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This is true in the US too. Small government Republicans love farm subsidies because farm owners vote Republican. The position of Iowa in the Presidential nomi
by khuey 7y ago
This is true in the US too. Small government Republicans love farm subsidies because farm owners vote Republican.
The position of Iowa in the Presidential nominating system constrains the Democrats fairly severely too.
- scarface74 7y agoIt’s because of the realities of the electoral college. The less populated states full of farmers have an out of proportion share of electoral votes.
- specialist 7y agokhuey may be referring to the presidential primary calendar, where the conservatives in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina have outsized influence by going first: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/us/elections/2020-presidential-election-calendar.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/us/elections/2020-p...