Per a new poll from the National Center for Public Policy Research:

Washington, DC - Most Americans - including those in the Farm Belt - want Congress to reduce or eliminate the corn ethanol mandate, according to a new poll released today by the National Center for Public Policy Research.

The poll, published by the Public Opinion and Policy Center of the National Center for Public Policy Research, found that 41% of Americans want Congress to repeal the corn ethanol mandate entirely, while 35% want Congress to repeal the law it passed last December to double it. Just 6% want the mandate to increase as planned while 5% want it to be even expanded further.

The reality is that Americans know that ethanol subsidies raise grocery prices and make it more difficult for people to pay for food. Thankfully, we have a presidential nominee who gets it, running against one of the biggest proponents of farm subsidies in Washington in Barack Obama.

If only the sellout Republicans in congress hadn’t supported the latest Farm Bill en masse, this could have been a fantastic issue for the party to use across the board in elections this fall.