Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Minnesota yana da mafi tsawo a matsayin jihar blue, bayan da ya yi zabe a karshe ga dan takarar shugaban kasa na Republican a 1972. Duk da haka, 'yan Democrat na nasara a cikin 2000 da 2004 sun kasance da ƙananan ƙananan. Tare da wannan a zuciya, 'yan Republican sun yi niyya ga jihar don zaben 2008, suna gudanar da Babban Taron Republican na 2008
a cikin Minneapolis-St. Paul, ka yi haƙuri. Kodayake jihar ta yi jujjuyawar Democrat a 2008 kuma Barack Obama ya yi aiki mafi kyau a nan fiye da John Kerry a 2004, jujjuyawar ta kasance ƙasa da matsakaicin ƙasa.