Federalist:
Let’s say Donald Trump fails to sweep the Rust Belt states in 2020. His chances of winning Ohio, where he swamped Hillary Clinton by 9 points in 2016, are still great. But without Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, where Trump won by smaller margins four years ago, the president might well lose reelection.
In 2016, Trump had a 68 electoral-vote margin over Clinton — 304 to 236. Take away the combined 44 electoral votes from those three states, and Trump falls short of the needed 270 votes by 10.
With Trump trailing most of the Democratic candidates in the Rust Belt by double digits in recent polling, liberals seem gleeful about their chances of victory in 2020. But this optimism assumes Trump cannot expand the electoral map elsewhere.
Minnesota Isn’t Feeling Blue
In fact, he can. Thanks to the success of Trump’s policies and other fortuitous developments, several other blue-trending states are certain to be in play in 2020.
Of these, none is more important than Minnesota. Its 10 electoral votes alone could offset a possible Rust Belt loss. The mainstream media has barely covered Trump’s remarkable gains in Minnesota, a state that historically is the bluest of the blue.
How blue? Even during the Reagan landslide victories of 1980 and 1984, the Gopher State remained a bastion of New Deal liberalism and economic populism. In fact, the last time the GOP captured Minnesota was during Richard Nixon’s reelection campaign in 1972, nearly a half-century ago.
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I hope there’s been a lot of work done cleaning up the vote fraud. I haven’t heard of much going on and that makes me nervous especially with the flood of border jumpers.
Let’s say Trump sweeps the states he won 3 years ago. And he adds a bunch more to the list.
I question whether Trump would really be behind in a legitimate poll.
And, as gb said, we need to be on guard for voter fraud.
I agree Trump sweeps up same states he won and adds. Nevada for instance was proven stolen in 2016.
I grew up with some hockey players from ‘da iron range’….they would have killed you for not making the extra pass….Mike Mallinger would fight someone who’s number (On the opposing team) was picked at random before the game….Minnesota can come back….
I just want Trump to win the popular vote. Remember all those shit-head states saying they will dedicate their electors to the winner of the popular vote?
that would be quite a welcome change from commie red to patriotic red!
Bman : you know that if Trump wins the popular vote, any state that enacted that law but is won by the Dem candidate will not implement the law.
What, Minnesnowta liberals changed their minds? They’re no longer in love with filthy, illiterate, inbred, career criminal, leeching, devil worshiping Muslim savages?
In addition to voter fraud @gin blossom, what I am very concerned about is what Gulag, FacelessBook, BoobTube, Instascam and other companies that run the social media, will do to ‘collude’ and conspire to alter the access to information or change the information using those algorithms.
James O’Keefe, exposes these bastards, may God continue to bless him and keep him safe. The Gulag engineer he interviews is a very courageous guy himself.
I’m registering democrat so I can vote primaries in Shitlnois.