White, rural, and old. 
Same reason Minnesota (outside the cities) and Iowa swung so far to the right.
Exit polls didn't bother with the Dakotas, but it was actually younger whites who swung the hardest towards Trump in Iowa and Minnesota. CNN's exit poll had Trump winning the 18-24 year old vote in MN by 5% while losing the 65 and over vote by 2%. In Iowa, it shows Trump doing poorly with the 18-24 group, but winning the 25-29 year olds by 24% (vs only a 4% margin of victory among those 65 and older).
You’re correct. I should have just said “white and rural”. I’m pretty sure Hillary performed worse among under-30s in my state than among over-60s, which does not bode well for Democrats long-term in Upper Midwest.
White, rural, and old.
Same reason Minnesota (outside the cities) and Iowa swung so far to the right.
But rural Minnesota did swing hard (even if a good amount of that was due to turnout). The Twin Cities kept the state from swinging more than it did.
Anyway, I hope that rural progressivism isn’t completely dead in my region.
