Does Minnesota have large number of BoBs?

[pstokely]

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could they why be HRC only won MN by less than 2%?

[Barack_America]

1. It's because MN is slightly more liberal than WI...

...where she lost by 1%.

She just isn't a strong candidate in the Midwest. Never has been particularly so.

[pstokely]

3. or did many MN voters think that tRump as a not typical repuke?

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the same state was elected a former pro wrestler as governor and sent an SNL alum to the senate

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. That SNL alum, Al Franken, is turning out to be one of the best

and most progressive senators we've ever had.

[Rincewind]

6. I thought Illinois was in

the Midwest, Hillary won here by 17% over Twitler.

[pstokely]

7. It's basically red outside of Chicago

but acreage doesn't vote

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Not really, though Bernie won the caucuses.

What Minnesota does have is a large-ish rural population which has always been conservative, and this year is more so. The urban areas of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth voted for Hillary; everywhere else in the state didn't. Gary Johnson and Jill Stein got some votes, maybe about 3%. The sad fact is that out in the country, a lot of people really hated Hillary, probably as the result of years of Fox News and right-wing hate radio.

[FarCenter]

4. Minnesota is a little weird because there are 3 Dem Representatives in largely rural districts.

They may provide some "coattails" for the presidential candidate.

The Iron Range also used to provide a reliable Dem vote, but it is much diminished and may have slid away.