This was a classic "epic fail" of Atlasians of all political persuasions....
Although I didn't post in the thread, I confess that I voted "Safe Clinton" thinking she would win here by over 10%, although granted that was back I believe six weeks or so before the election.... buy yeah, despite the warning signs and info from Iowa (which I actually backed Trump winning there even back when) there was a collective failure to assess what that would look like in many parts of rural and small-town Minnesota as well.
In my mind this was even more a surprise than even Wisconsin, which I thought would be closer than many expected on the Forum.
I too was shocked at how close Minnesota was, a state that has not gone GOP since 1972. The closeness in both Minnesota and Maine were big surprises of this election. If Trump had been more disciplined and not said so much incendiary stuff during the campaign, he really could have won some deep blue states.
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