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Originally Posted by lio45
Minnesota has had by far the longest blue state streak of all
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i'm well aware of minnesota's blue streak in US presidential politics, but i'm not talking about how states voted 4 decades ago, i'm talking about the here and now. hillary only carried MN by a very narrow 1.5 points. i'd hardly call the state "firewall" country for the dems these days. as i said earlier, i was a bit shocked at how close the vote was in MN given the state's track record.
with its 16 point vote margin, illinois is now the only completely safe non-coastal "firewall" state for the dems. trump proved that with a shameless populist running against a lackluster dem candidate, the GOP can put all of the midwest in play, with the exception of IL. IL wasn't even close to flipping.
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