MINNESOTA IS TURNING PURPLE

[Geee]

Powerline:

The United States has been, in general, trending Republican in recent years. At the state and local levels, the party is doing better than ever, and Democrats are in many places becoming an endangered species. Minnesota is one state that has been perceived as bucking that trend and remaining staunchly blue. Beneath the surface, though, the Minnesota Star Tribune reports that the state is moving toward the Republican column:

 

The [Cook Partisan Voter Index] has long been considered a gold standard for tracking electoral leanings over time. It’s calculated by finding the average Republican and Democratic shares of the two-party vote in a state or district spanning the previous two elections. Those numbers are compared to the national popular vote percentages for each party’s candidate in those years. This way, it’s possible to judge how much more Republican or Democratic a state or congressional district votes compared with the country as a whole.

 

This year, the Cook Political Report has listed Minnesota as a likely win for Democrat Hillary Clinton, with a CPVI score of D+2 derived from 2008 and 2012 election numbers — meaning the state leans two points more Democratic than the national average.

[Valin]

Not inside the 494-694 beltway. Here its Berkley with windchill

[Valin]

@Geee

 

From The Comments

 

Christine Golden
"Minnesota’s official designation as a purple state has been put off by at least one election cycle. But that status is, I think, inevitable, sooner rather than later."

Ah, no. If Clinton wins, MN will be flooded with even more "refugees" from the Middle East who will vote Democrat, just as their newly-legalized illegal compadres will turn TX, AZ, and FL irrevocably blue.

If Trump doesn't win, the GOP might as well start shopping for its tombstone because it will be dead.

 

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