Title: Why do national polling analysts think Minnesota is a swing state? | MinnPost
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Why do national polling analysts think Minnesota is a swing state?
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‘Might be a swing state’
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Minnesota's Partisan Voter Index
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Greta Kaul

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Why do national polling analysts think Minnesota is a swing state? Minnesota has voted for Democrats for president since 1976. But that doesn’t make it a sure thing. By Greta Kaul | MinnPost Staff Writer
Democratic presidential candidates have a good record in Minnesota, but that might be changing. REUTERS/John Gress
Oct. 13, 2016
Have you bookmarked RealClearPolitics’ electoral college map? Do you check it every day to see whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump has gained ground in the polls? If you answered yes, and you’re a Minnesotan, you might be a bit puzzled. You might ask yourself why Minnesota, which has voted Democratic in presidential elections since 1976, shows up not red, not blue, but gray — a toss-up state — in an election year where the Republican contender is believed to be especially unpopular here. It’s not just RealClearPolitics.