Hamline Univ. Professor David Schultz
Hamline University political analyst David Schultz says if Donald Trump comes to Minnesota to campaign, his best shot for picking up the state is the Iron Range. Schultz argues the Range is an area that “has economically been very hurt for at least a generation…. and an area that I think is feeling sort of as if the urban Democrats in the Twin Cities are not paying attention to ’em.” Schultz says economic development and free trade issues have hurt the Iron Range — and that combined with the area being socially conservative makes it ripe for Republicans like Trump.