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How Many Electoral Votes per Gallon of Biofuels?

Reportedly, the “giant package” of RFS and biofuel actions that was originally expected to be released this week is back on the proverbial drawing board, and rest assured it is overlaid with a giant electoral map.    If the plan’s fate does come down to raw electoral campaign politics for 2020, the President’s recent political rally in New Mexico may not be a good sign for ethanol. Below are some of the thoughts that are certainly going through the heads of the Trump campaign strategists. If Trump loses Iowa’s six electoral votes (which he won in 2016 after Obama won twice previously), he could mostly offset that by picking up New Mexico’s five electoral votes (which the campaign thinks is poss...

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