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re: Will anyone in 2016 have repealing the ethanol mandate as part of the platform?
Posted on 5/18/14 at 11:49 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Posted on 5/18/14 at 11:49 pm to Y.A. Tittle
The problems with ending ethanol mandates from a political standpoint are massive:
1. It's not an issue that resonates with voters. The vast majority of voters simply have no idea that they are being screwed over by these policies.
2. The corn lobby is extremely powerful in the states that ending such a policy would negatively affect. Many of those states are also important swing states (ohio, indiana, illinois, iowa, kansas, nebraska, virginia). Iowa is also one of the first primary states. Meaning a poor showing there likely all but eliminates a potential candidate from nomination.
1. It's not an issue that resonates with voters. The vast majority of voters simply have no idea that they are being screwed over by these policies.
2. The corn lobby is extremely powerful in the states that ending such a policy would negatively affect. Many of those states are also important swing states (ohio, indiana, illinois, iowa, kansas, nebraska, virginia). Iowa is also one of the first primary states. Meaning a poor showing there likely all but eliminates a potential candidate from nomination.
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