[Cheerio]

Minnesota is very purple?

Since 1931, MN has not voted for a GOP Pres except for 1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon, and the 1972 Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew race, - THAT'S IT.

MN Electoral College Votes

[kidd]

The Minnesota state congress (both houses) is controlled by the GOP. Half of the federal House members from MN are GOP. In the 2008 election, the popular vote was 45-54-1 GOP-Dem-other.

As far as history goes, Reagan only lost Minnesota by 3000 votes...with Minnesota’s own Mondale as the Dem candidate.

Minnesota leans slightly dem, but I maintain that it is in play in 2012.

Purple.