{"id":112586,"date":"2016-12-12T10:41:17","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T16:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=112586"},"modified":"2016-12-12T10:46:45","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T16:46:45","slug":"presidential-election-analysis-shared-ndfu-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=112586","title":{"rendered":"Presidential election analysis shared, NDFU convention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-33006\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Farmers-Union1-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"Farmers Union\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Farmers-Union1-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Farmers-Union1-259x175.jpg 259w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Farmers-Union1.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>BISMARCK, ND)\u00a0\u00a0 David Wasserman, U.S. House editor and quantitative election analyst for the non-partisan Cook Political Report, shared his analysis of the recent presidential election with more than 500 North Dakota Farmers Union members at the organization&#8217;s 90<sup>th<\/sup> state convention in Bismarck.<\/p>\n<p>He said, Donald Trump had more in common with rural America than previously thought.\u00a0 Democrats ceded the election nationally by focusing their resources on urban cities and adopting a mentality that &#8220;They didn&#8217;t need to campaign where there were a lot of votes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another key factor that played a role in the election, according to Wasserman, was the electorate&#8217;s desire for a major change, which Trump embodied as a non-politician, and an anti-dynasty sentiment for president, whether Democrat or Republican.<\/p>\n<p>Wasserman said the president-elect has unique bipartisan potential on topics such as simplifying the U.S. tax code, spending new money on infrastructure, and finding fair solutions to the Affordable Care Act. He felt a farm bill would also pass more quickly through Congress under Trump&#8217;s presidency.<\/p>\n<p>NDFU President Mark Watne talked about the need for a farm bill that addresses food security. He says, &#8220;Structurally, our current farm bill is good\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 but it doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t cover the cost of production. We need to try and enhance it.&#8221;\u00a0 Watne proposed a new title in the farm bill that ensures food production through family farm and ranch agriculture in the interest of national security, renewable wealth for the nation, and rural communities.<\/p>\n<p>Watne also praised members for their work in defeating Measure 1 on the June ballot, which would have allowed corporate farming in North Dakota. While the state&#8217;s anti-corporate farming law is now being challenged in the courts, Watne said, &#8220;We are going to fight this as hard as we can.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BISMARCK, ND)\u00a0\u00a0 David Wasserman, U.S. House editor and quantitative election analyst for the non-partisan Cook Political Report, shared his analysis of the recent presidential election with more than 500 North Dakota Farmers Union members at the organization&#8217;s 90th state convention in Bismarck. He said, Donald Trump had more in common [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":33006,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112586"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112588,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112586\/revisions\/112588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}