# Why is the upper Midwest shifting Republican?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [August 1, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-upper-midwest-shifting-republican/630083 "2012-08-01T18:18:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omg_a_Black_Conservative)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-upper-midwest-shifting-republican/630083/61 "2012-08-19T22:30:49Z")

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> [@Dan\_Norder](#):
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> Which, in this case, is not true, as anyone paying attention to the discussion here and the actual voting history would already know.

How isn’t it true? That’s like saying that because Obama is going to win California amid a lackluster economy, it shows the GOP is in “real trouble” overall. Such an argument, if you can call it that, ignores how a state has voted historically in presidential elections. Some states will go to one party (very nearly) no matter what.

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