Having lived for two years in Minneapolis, this is a big deal. Most of the state is a sea of red with two blue spots. Those are Minneapolis which has a lot of your typical well educated upper middle class white collar liberals and the Iron Range which is and has long been a union stronghold. Trump made serious inroads with the latter last time and almost flipped the state. If he completes the switch of labor from Democrat to Republican its very questionable whether Minneapolis alone can outvote the rest of the state.
Minneapolis has 2 million and Minnesota has 5 million people. Florida has Miami and Georgia has Atlanta which both lean left but the rest of those states outvote them consistently. Minnesota may well go the same way.
Having lived for two years in Minneapolis, this is a big deal.
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This is a big deal. Mayors don’t switch parties, unless their voters are switching parties. They want to be reelected.
Always good to hear political analysis of battleground states from residents and former residents - thanks.
It will. Count on it. I know two citizens from Lakeville who are lifelong conservatives who refused to vote for Trump in ‘16. They can’t wait to vote for him this year.
Tjhey speak of several of their friends who will be voting fot DJT for the first time. The Democrats are facing an avalanche in Minnesota. It will go RED for the first time since 1972.