Do you mean the Minnesota of Hubert Humphrey and Walter Mondale? It seems Minn. has always been on the left, just not as far as it is now. Like most blue states if you take out Minneapolis and St. Paul the state would probably be red.
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“Like most blue states if you take out Minneapolis and St. Paul the state would probably be red.”
And Duluth, and the Iron Range. Minnesota is on the path to become the next California, Illinois,New York, and any other bastion of liberal “successes.”