Would love to see Trump hold a rally in the Twin Cities. I believe it would force dems to spend resources there in a state they take for granted.
It would also help Trump shore up support next door in western Wisconsin.
I live in SW WI. The La Crosse media is in the tank Dem, yet there are zero HRC signs and I have seen 1 bumper sticker from a campaign worker/activist. A lot of downticket D signs for Feingold and Schilling (State legislature) and a commie running for judge. A few Trump signs. Hillary For Prison signs outnumber HRC for POTUS by a wide margin.
Lots of Bernie signs/supporters who will sit it out/write in Bernie/vote Johnson or Stein. Voiced hatred for Hillary.
It’s urban vs rural, IMO. Also, the lines are drawn and hardened. Lots of radicals have moved into the country/small towns and everything is polarized. On our side, there are still large extended families, while the newcomers are single, small nuclear families and sometimes, the leftist black sheep of an established conservative family come home to escape the cities.
Not being considered: former hard-line leftists have just come into their inheritances and are gobsmacked at the size of the government’s cut. I hear outspoken worries about taxes from people who never paid any until now, even if the parents had a family trust in a leftist state. A few leftwing business owners edge to the right after realizing the percentage that goes to regulatory takings. They sign the front of the checks. The grant-supported *businesses* still support the Ds.
Trump doesn’t need to campaign more here because IA and MN do influence Western WI. They are just across the river and the demographics are the same.