Posted on 08/15/2020 12:25:33 PM PDT by DFG
Everyone knows that rural America has gone deep red. That trend came last to the Upper Midwest, but it has arrived in Minnesota with a vengeance. Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District, home to the state’s mining industry, is heavily unionized and was long a Democratic Party bastion. No longer: the 8th, along with the rest of Greater Minnesota, is now Trump country. It is represented by Republican Pete Stauber, a former police officer and union member, who has been endorsed for re-election by every private sector union. Today it would take a miracle for a Democrat to win that seat.
In a post earlier this morning, Scott referred briefly to “the deep resentment of the [Governor Tim] Walz administration felt in outstate Minnesota.” I want to amplify the point and perhaps connect it to national trends.
Tim Walz represented Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District, the southernmost part of the state, for several terms in Congress. He thus seemed to have rural bona fides when he ran for governor two years ago. Since then, his popularity outside the Twin Cities metro area has plummeted. This is due mostly to his extreme, one-man COVID rule that needlessly shut down rural Minnesota, devastating most of the state’s economy. His coddling of criminals and knuckling under to environmental extremists have deepened his unpopularity.
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Rural Ukraine went deep red in the 1930s.
Even RURAL MASSACHUSETTS is flying lots of TRUMP flags. It’s refreshing to see.
I live in No. VA and commute to Montgomery Co. MD daily.
I don’t expect to see Trump flags or bumper stickers, but I can say there is a noticeable absence of Biden gear being displayed.
True for many states, like NY and MI. Their heartland folks hate D’rats. Especially Gestapo Gretchen in MI, it’s palpable.
I see very few BIDEN signs, and NO Bumper stickers. Plenty for Markey and Kennedy though (UGH)
The lack of Trump signs is people not wanting to attract vandals. The lack of Biden signs is due to “meh”.
Chiming in with my own anecdotal evidence — drove thru west-central PA yesterday (Bedford, Cambria, Indiana, Butler counties). Counted no fewer than 30 houses with Trump signs and/or flags, a single home with a small Biden sign.
It’s Kozak!
No, it's gone Republican. Deep Red is Communist.
This is huge. The Iron Range was a DFL/Democrat stronghold for as long as I can remember.
This is so illustrative of the Dems nationwide -- Nothing and Nobody matters to them, unless they have Cash and a seat at a Woke table.
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