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Minnesota, the Land of 10,000 Lunatics,
Turning Red This Year?

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Posted By: 4250Luis, 1/26/2026 3:51:16 PM

From the George Floyd riots to anti-ICE insurrections, what is happening in Minnesota? Why are leftist hordes concentrating their efforts to attack and destroy ICE in this state, as opposed to California or New York? Minnesota has always been an odd, progressive political animal, even a little bit loony (the Common Loon is the state bird, by the way). Leftist politics has been at home there longer than most realize. At the outset, Minnesota welcomed a large swath of Scandinavian and German immigrants, and they brought socialist ideas with them. In fact, most of those settlers were radicals seeking to live out their views, having faced persecution in their home countries.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: voxpopuli 1/26/2026 3:59:52 PM (No. 2060478)
"At the outset, Minnesota welcomed a large swath of Scandinavian and German immigrants, and they brought socialist ideas with them. " 100% correct... hopefully after 150 years these knuckleheads will be getting some common sense
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Reply 2 - Posted by: NorthernDog 1/26/2026 5:05:34 PM (No. 2060498)
What's interesting is that next-door Wisconsin was once flakey left wing too (voting for a Socialist presidential candidate in the 1920s) but has moderated since then. Trump won WI in both 2016 and 2024. But MN remains stuck on the left, with the assistance of 100,000 new residents from the scorching deserts of Africa.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Highlander 1/27/2026 8:14:36 AM (No. 2060689)
In the ‘70’s, we had a couple as friends where the wife hailed from Minnesota. At the table, she asserted her loyalty to the Democrat party without giving any reason why. The way she said it, it was her birthright. Her parents, grandparents, great-grandparents were solid Dems. She was going to maintain the honor of staying with her parents’ politics. That’s all. Fast-forward 50 years. She’s now a Republican, thanks to her staunchly conservative husband, my friend.
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