Donald Trump Heads to Blue Minnesota in Hopes of Flipping the State

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65% : Further, a May survey from McLaughlin & Associates found Trump with the edge over Biden in Minnesota, leading with a three-point advantage over Biden in a head-to-head matchup.
64% : "Minnesota, we had Trump at 40 percent, Biden at 40 percent, Kennedy at nine, and Virginia was Biden 40, Trump 37, Kennedy eight, so Virginia and Minnesota are in play," he explained.
59% : While Trump has said throughout his campaign that he will make a "heavy play" for blue states such as New York, New Jersey, New Mexico, Virginia, and Minnesota, he reiterated that point during a recent interview on KNSI Radio.
58% : But in 2016, Trump came remarkably close to taking the state, coming just 1.5 percentage points behind Hillary Clinton.
57% : A May KSTP/Survey USA poll showed Trump well within striking distance of President Biden in the North Star State, garnering 42 percent support to Biden's 44 percent.
55% : In a matchup including Trump, Biden, independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Cornel West, Jill Stein, and Mapstead, Trump and Biden tie with 40 percent each.
55% : This plan -- an aggressive expansion of the electoral map -- is not new, either, as Trump previewed this very plan during a December interview with Breitbart News.
54% : Trump has a busy day on Friday and is headed to Minnesota after attending his youngest son Barron Trump's high school graduation in Palm Beach, Florida, earlier in the day.
53% : In early May, the Republican Party of Minnesota announced Trump as the headliner for the 2024 Lincoln Reagan Dinner.
49% : "Joe Biden's failed policies are showing Minnesotans each day that President Trump is the only choice to lead our country forward," he wrote, hoping for a win in November.
47% : "One of the other things I'm going to do -- and I may be foolish in doing it -- is I'm going to make a heavy play for New York, heavy play for New Jersey, heavy play for Virginia, heavy play for New Mexico, and a heavy play for a state that hasn't been won in years, Minnesota," Trump said.
46% : As Breitbart News detailed:In a matchup between Trump, Biden, Green Party candidate Jill Stein, and Libertarian Lars Mapstead, Trump sees a five-point advantage, garnering 46 percent support to Biden's 41 percent, Stein's three percent, and Mapstead's one percent.
45% : "I'm going to do rallies, I'm going to do speeches, I'm going to work them," Trump said.

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