The Iron Range (Duluth)

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Once a reliably blue region, the rural mining districts around Lake Superior were a Trump stronghold in 2016. The iron Range fuels much of the United States' steel production and has benefited from the president's trade policy.

The Iron Range region's seat in the U.S. House was one of the only ones to flip from Democratic to Republican control in 2018.

The last time the Gopher State voted for a Republican was when Richard Nixon was reelected in 1972. No Republican has won statewide since 2006.

The president zeroed in on Minnesota after he lost the state to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton four years ago by 45,000 votes – or just 1.5 percentage points.

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The cultural and social rift between Minnesota's rural northeast and the urban south has widened in recent years, as the state's center has trended blue.

(In response to this post by Shenhoo)

Link: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/how-minnesotas-iron-range-could-help-trump-win-re-election

Posted: 10/29/2020 at 11:10AM

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North Cackalacka -- hooshouse 10/29/2020 09:49AM

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My vote is surely in that tally, but I moved to NC after 2016. -- CT Wahoo 10/29/2020 10:51AM

Have thought of that too, so much is different. -- hoodeyo 10/29/2020 10:31AM

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Every. Single. Election. ** -- FTJ Mackey 10/29/2020 10:45AM

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Biden gonna exceed 270 before Penn gets its head out of its ass. ** -- Molina 10/29/2020 10:24AM

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It does, but then it does not affect the poll that much more than when -- Shenhoo 10/29/2020 10:48AM

The latest polling out of Minnesota is definitely closer than -- Shenhoo 10/29/2020 10:20AM

Speaking of, Biden is going to St. Paul Friday. -- hoodeyo 10/29/2020 3:52PM

The Iron Range (Duluth) -- hoodeyo 10/29/2020 11:10AM

All that hope in conservative media. Minnesota will deliver -- Shenhoo 10/29/2020 11:13AM

Oh I don't think he'll win there, but I do find these far flung (to me) -- hoodeyo 10/29/2020 11:27AM

Gotcha. And certainly no problem with that. Geekiness can be fun!! ** -- Shenhoo 10/29/2020 11:28AM

I followed politics but never paid as much attention to polls -- hoodeyo 10/29/2020 11:43AM

Dylanland, as you know. -- Shenhoo 10/29/2020 11:47AM

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Still within the MOE. ** -- Hoobedoobedoo 10/29/2020 11:09AM

That's a big if with a very erratic state. ** -- HoosWillWin 10/29/2020 10:36AM

As I mention below. The big wild card is the 7.3 million votes -- Shenhoo 10/29/2020 10:44AM

And a Marist poll at that with over 7 million votes cast. -- Shenhoo 10/29/2020 10:28AM

That's great! But the University of North Cackalacka ... -- HowieT3 10/29/2020 09:55AM