"Poll Shows Donald Trump Ahead of Joe Biden in Traditionally Democratic Minnesota"
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. Nine percent remain undecided.
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. Kennedy sees nine percent support, followed by one percent for West, one percent for Stein, and half a percent for Mapstead. Another nine percent remain undecided
MINNESOTA
🟥 Trump 49%
🟦 Biden 46%
🟥 Trump 40%
🟦 Biden 40%
🟨 RFK Jr 9%
🟨 West 1%
🟩 Stein 1%
🟪 Mapstead 1%
🟥 Trump 46%
🟦 Biden 41%
🟩 Stein 3%
🟪 Mapstead 1%
Minnesota has remained a solidly blue state in past presidential elections, but Hillary Clinton won the state by just 1.5 percent in 2016. In 2020, Biden won by 7.1 percent.
The latest survey comes as Trump hopes to put several traditionally blue states in play, including New York, New Jersey, Virginia, New Mexico, and Minnesota.
“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 told Breitbart News in December, planning rallies and speeches.
As Breitbart News reported:
Minnesota, meanwhile, has been perennially close in recent elections. In 2016, for instance, Trump came within about 45,000 voters of Democrat Hillary Clinton. In fact, not just the third-place candidate, Libertarian Gary Johnson, but also the fourth place candidate, Never Trumper Evan McMullin, both got more votes than the margin that separated Trump and Clinton in 2016 in Minnesota. Trump had barely done any events there, just an airport flyby rally and a fundraiser earlier in the year. In 2020, Biden did significantly better than Clinton in Minnesota, but the margin that separated Trump and Biden was still fewer than 235,000 votes there.
Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the Minnesota GOP’s Lincoln Reagan Dinner on May 17. The event, an annual tradition, celebrates the foundational values and influential leaders of the Republican Party. Minnesota GOP chairman David Hahn expressed enthusiasm about Trump's upcoming appearance, noting his significant impact on promoting American values. Hahn remarked, "We are thrilled to welcome President Trump back to Minnesota to headline our Lincoln Reagan dinner," emphasizing Trump's alignment with the party's principles and his aptness as this year's guest.