100% of soybean farmers voted for Donald Trump.
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Real Time with Bill MaherOct 24, 2026
The claim that 100% of soybean farmers voted for Trump is not stated in any source and is contradicted by the aggregate figures they report: Trump won about 78% of the vote in farming-dependent counties, so a substantial minority of farmers did not back him. The extraction is faithful to the passage, which also says 100% of soybean farmers.
What was said
… As of the error, it's it's 656. What's it in Kentucky? It is about 450, but diesel is 650, the highest it's ever been in Kentucky. So I've got soybean farmers, 100% of them voted for Trump. They lost their first client in the USAID because if we feed starving countries, they like us better. It makes sense for soft power. Then Linda McMahon canceled the farm-to-cafeteria program. …
Real Time with Bill Maher · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. Reporting on the 2024 election says Trump won 78 percent of the vote in farming-dependent counties, and support among farmers reached about 78 percent, which leaves roughly a fifth of farmers voting otherwise.[2][3]
Contradicts. Other sources give rural-vote figures of about 69% for Trump in 2024, again well short of 100% and inconsistent with a universal farmer vote.[4][5]
Context. No source reports a 100% figure for soybean farmers or for any farmer group; the quoted '99.9 percent' figure appears only as a quotation in an opinion-style piece and is not independently documented.[2]
Context. The sources describe farmers as largely but not uniformly pro-Trump, with some farmers voting against him, which contradicts a universal claim even though the figures are county-level rather than farmer-specific.[1][6][7]
Sources
7 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 tier 2, 4 not rated
- 1The GOP counts on farmers' votes. As a costly harvest season raises concerns, Trump heads to Kansasapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2White Farmers Are Getting a Taste of Their Own Medicinethenation.com · tier 2 · cited for: contradicts, context
- 3Fuel, fertilizer costs strain US farmers’ support for Trumpkuwaittimes.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4Trump's approval rating drops among white working classtucson.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 5The mystery of farmers and Trump | News, Sports, Jobssungazette.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 6Farmers in Iowa are struggling in Trump’s economy, but many say they still support himnbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
- 7Rising farm costs test Trump loyalty in rural Minnesotastartribune.com · not rated · cited for: context
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