I suppose it goes without saying that the two major cities anectodally mentioned in this article are national-caliber bastions of liberalism / socialism...
They are hardly major cities. More like big towns.
Located as they are, on the rural praries of MN it's more likely they are conservative. I'd wager they voted for Reagan both times, including in 84 when the only state to go for Modale was MN. Bet they vote dfor GWB too. Both times.
The companies in question, Hormel and Jennio are probably run by liberals though.