LOL - you did it again!
I’m in Minnesota. I can answer thequestion. We are all sanctimonious. Many times, this trait manifests as stupidity. Hence the blues.
I am really enjoying the article, and the comments beneath. Explains a lot.
You will also notice that eastern AZ., a district gerrymandered to favor super lib Ann Kirkpatrick also remained blue. That district is over 300 miles long and snakes around to hit the liberal university pockets and Native American enclaves. Pima Cty. and Cochise cty are still pretty much up for grabs depending if Barber can find enough hidden ballots to overcome the lead that McSally has at present.
The state bird of Minnesota is the loon.
Need I say more?
It goes back to the Granger Laws, Silverites, Populist movements in the Midwest in the late 1800s, Progressive movements (early 19th century), and early labor activism.
Wisconsin and Minnesota were the epicenter of it. And it was entrenched. That is why the Democrats in Minn. are called the DFL. FL meaning “Farm and Labor”. And is was the only thing that kept Mondale from a clean sweep defeat in 84.
Garrison Keillor is from there and he is as batty left as anyone in NYC or SF.
It’s like the most leftist state outside of the coasts.
Those horned Viking hats are too snug.
The article attributes Minnesota’s leftism to Scandinavian influence (partly), yet, just across the line into the Dakotas, where you have the same Scandinavians, it is very conservative.
Does anybody have an answer to this? Perhaps FReepers from those areas of the country.
It’s the lutefisk.
The state has the distinction of voting Democrat for president without interruption since 1976.
No other state can match that record. It may explain something.
You can trace it all back to lutefisk.
From those wonderful people who gave you Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale, Garrison Keilor, and Al Franken.
If Minnesota were a city it would be called Seattle.
This is the map of 2008
Thanks, Windflier
And my comments from a previous post comparing the two electoriates:
“You can see how CA has become more red inland and towards the coasts. This is encouraging for those Freepers who worry their votes are for naught. The tide is in your favor for 2016.
The upper midwest is filling out red too, except for MN and parts of Iowa and IL, but both have repub governors now, according to Iowa’s map, only one district remained blue and and according to AP’s map, Rauner won all districts. Check out how MI and Wi are turning a lovely shade of red.
New Mexico is voting less Dem and Nevada seems to be a Republican stronghold now. Colorado seems to have their liberals under control in Denver, and although NC seems to have contained their liberal carpetbaggers to their industrial triangle, SC still has lefty sprawl.
Congrats to Perdue who won big in GA, but the dems look to be on the move in his state.
West Texas is turning solidly deep red and the norther Western states are turning completely to the right.
However, my home state is faltering, especially in the southern parts that are staying stubbornly blue or trending away from the right, which infuriates me because we do have a lot of conservatives, but we also have problems with the border, lame candidates, and really ridiculous gerrymandering concocted with out side of the legislature that though they dominated, wanted to be “fair.”
Something hugh must be going on for you to post the same article twice in less than 10 minutes!
I’m from MN (about 45 years ago) and still have relatives there. My observation is that in Minnesota culture NOTHING trumps politeness, and the GOP recognizes that and is stupidly polite. The Communists are not polite, and the electorate goes along with their misanthropy because to confront them would be “impolite.” In short, the place is cultural the aggregate representation of cognitive dissonance, probably due to the long history of Scandanavian communitarian/collectivist culture and communist politics. It’s the same reason sharia will be in places like Minnesota first, because the electorate is too polite to identify the barbarians for who and what they are, and as such won’t do anything to stop it.
Is blue the color of cancer?
What’s the matter with MN? Brains freeze at 25-below zero.
