Scandinavian immigrants who brought “soft” socialism to America. The more grounded ones moved to the Dakotas. Also, the ELCA do-gooders who brought in all the Somalis because they “care”. Add to the fact that Minnesota Republicans tend to be big-time RINOS, maybe with the exception of Michelle Bachmann.
Soft Socialism can work in small, homogenous communities, that share a common work ethic, and cheating the system is frowned upon.
They used to be socialist. But there was no place for it. It was the frontier. So eventually, they stopped being socialist.
While in Minnesota, they had the Twin Cities.
Thank you. I didn’t know that about the Scandanavian influence.