Title: Is Minnesota a Red or Blue State in 2018? | Minnesota Monthly
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Is Minnesota a Red or Blue State in 2018? How Minnesota’s voting behavior has evolved, and what it means for the 2018 and 2020 elections
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Erik Tormoen
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September 19, 2018
illustration by mike davis
Due to high interest, President Donald Trump’s team moved his rally to a bigger venue. And still, at 2 p.m. on June 20, a line of thousands snaked from Duluth’s hockey arena, through a sky bridge, into downtown, and back. They came from Onamia, Coleraine, Cook, and beyond to see the 45th president of the United States. Among them were Mary and Jim Mohs, organic dairy farmers from Belgrade, who oppose imports that don’t meet U.S. organic standards. There was Ross Nova, a 29-year-old Bulgarian immigrant living in Minneapolis. He voiced concerns about illegal immigration, saying that, when he fought overseas in the U.S. infantry, “I didn’t fight for Mexico, I didn’t fight for Australia; I fought for our country.” A prospective business owner, he also bemoaned Minnesota’s high taxes, where he sees Trump making progress on the federal level.