Oh Minnesotta is ABSOLUTELY a battleground state, just because the media is ignoring it doesn’t mean its not.
Trump came with 44,000 or so votes of winning the state in 16... I stated this repeatedly during that campaign that MN, could even manage to go Trump. It didn’t quite get there, but it got close.
This year, with the third parties very much back in play, and a Candidate with greater negatives that Hillary Clinton as the democrat candidate, anyone who thinks MN is a sure thing for the Dems is in denial.
Will it flip? I don’t know, but anyone, and I do mean ANYONE who thinks MN is safe for the Dems this cycle, assuming the contest does indeed wind up being Trump V Biden.. they are in denial or lying to themsleves.
The unpopularity of Biden, and the return of high profile 3rd party candidates, is going to absolutely make MN anything but a sure thing.
The upper Mississippi valley has been drifting in our direction for some time. Iowa is no longer even considered a battleground state. Wisconsin has moved into battleground status. Minnesota is maybe a little behind the drift, but not so much. It maybe helped us, in 2016, that few people picked up on this. I don’t know how many others, in addition to you and me, have yet to figure it out.
Minnesota is as safe for Biden as California. Trump shouldn’t spend a penny trying to win the state. It’s as lost as it could be and the voting laws never been weakened significantly since 2016.