Tomorrow's Map: MN Moves From "Leaning Democrat" to "Too Close To Call"
Posted Sep 14, 2008 at 1:02 PM by Maurice Berger
Since the late-1960s, Minnesota has trended Democratic in presidential elections. Indeed, since 1968, MN has gone to the Democrat all but once (in 1972). In recent years, however, the state has been trending red, with one senate seat and the governorship now Republican. Indeed, MN was almost evenly divided in the 2000 and 2004 presidential cycles. Thus, it should not be surprising that two polls released in the past 24 hours--by the Minnesota Star Tribune and Survey USA--show the race a statical dead heat, with the two candidates tied in the former (at 45%), and Obama ahead by a statistically insignificant 2% in the latter. A few weeks ago, a CNN survey had Obama leading by 12%. PollTrack now calls the race "To Close To Call" on Tomorrow's Map and keeps it "Leaning Democrat" on Today's Map.
