Minnesota- Why can't the GOP get the job done there?

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There's some misconception that very white states have to vote Republican. Hint: they don't have to.  Maine is 96% white, yet Obama easily won it.

Same in Minnesota. Democratic support among white voters haven't collapsed.

In 2012, there was a huge drop of support from white voters for Obama, but this drop wasn't evenly distributed around the country: instead, this drop was of most significance in the South.

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What do you all think is the Democrats' equivalent of Minnesota? I suppose the strongest contender is North Dakota, although a case could have been made for Virginia pre-2008.

Minnesota is a leaning D state in which the GOP can't seem to do anything.

So by opposite you mean, a leaning R state in which the Dems can't seem to do anything?

I would say maybe North Carolina, but the Dems are making indentations there in presidential races. Arizona or Missouri seems like a good answer here.

By the 2012 election, its polar opposite, meaning the state the leans just as republican as Minnesota does democrat, is Florida... Yes, that's right. Wisconsin is a perfect match for opposite of Florida, but Florida is the closest republican state to Minnesota.

Minnesota: D+3.8%
Florida: R+3.0%

The Florida democratic party is having troubles at the state level, but Obama did win the state twice (granted by very small margins) so I wouldn't exactly call it an opposite of Minnesota when it comes to general political success of the republican party in Florida as compared to the general political success of the democratic party in Minnesota.  

Definitely not North Carolina.

Democrats controlled North Carolina at the state level for 150 years before the inept Perdue screwed it up.

Democrat will probably win the governor office back in 2016, but the GA districting greatly favor Republicans.