pbrower2a
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« on: October 30, 2016, 05:03:14 PM » |
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Minnesota is so stable in its voting that it would be R+2 for a Democrat winning 60% of the national vote. It was about 50-50 in 1972 and 1984; it wasn't a particularly strong win for Obama either time. It was one of the two worst states for Nixon in 1972 and Reagan in 1984 (see also Massachusetts).
Minnesota is one of the least elastic states in its voting for President since 1960, and went for Ike perhaps out of disdain for Southern racists who had come to dominate the GOP in national politics.
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