“What are the historic results, if this was closest in history?”
Good Question - here is some info I found:
Iowan’s Cast Their Kernel For Reynolds In WHO-HD’s Annual Corn Poll
https://www.tribunemedia.com/iowans-cast-their-kernel-for-reynolds-in-who-hds-annual-corn-poll/
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In 2016, Republican Donald Trump garnered 56% of the votes over Democrat Hillary Clinton with 69,598 kernels cast.
In 2015, Donald Trump garnered the most kernels of all Republican candidates finishing with 36% of the kernels with Ben Carson garnering 19%. Hillary Clinton came out on top of all Democrats with 57% followed by Bernie Sanders with 37% of the vote. 59,659 total kernels were cast
In 2012, the station’s corny poll chose for Mitt Romney for President with 55% of the vote. A record 72,216 kernels were cast between during the run of that fair averaging to about 9 kernels-per-minute!
In 2011, 40,267 kernels were cast with Republicans taking 60% of the vote and the President 40%. Michelle Bachmann lead Republicans with 26%. Rick Perry came in second with 23%. Mitt Romney tied for third with Ron Paul each with 15%.
In 2008, Barack Obama edged out John McCain 51 to 49% with 48,865 kernels cast.
Cool the Recession Talk
Economic indicators point to continued, moderate growth, despite the prognostications of the pundit class.
James Piereson August 19, 2019
https://www.city-journal.org/recession-talk
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None of the major institutional forecasters is looking ahead to a recession in 2019 or 2020. The Conference Board, while recognizing risks to the economy, is still forecasting real GDP growth of 2.3 percent in 2019 and 2 percent in 2020. The International Monetary Fund, in a July report, forecasts global growth to expand to 3.5 percent in 2020, with the U.S. economy expected to expand at 1.9 percent. The most recent forecast of the Federal Open Market Committee calls for 2 percent growth in real GDP in 2020, compared with 2.1 percent in 2019. This is the conventional wisdom, to be sure, and such wisdom has often missed the mark, as we saw in 2007 and 2008. Nevertheless, these projections come from current economic indicators, none of which is signaling a recession in the months ahead.