Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Minnesota ine nhambo refu zvikurusa senyika yebhuruu, ichipedzisira kuvhotera mukwikwidzi weRepublican mumutungamiri wenyika muna 1972. Zvisinei, miganhu yeDemocrats yekukunda muna 2000 na2004 yakanga iri duku zvikuru. Vachifunga izvi, maRepublicans akaronga hurumende yesarudzo dza2008, vachiita musangano we2008 Republican National Convention
muMinneapolis-St. Pauro. Kunyange zvazvo hurumende yacho yakachinja kuva yeDemocratic muna 2008 uye Barack Obama akaita zviri nani pano kupfuura zvakaitwa naJohn Kerry muna 2004, kuchinja kwacho kwakanga kuri kuduku kupfuura avhareji yenyika.