Joe Biden's recent lead in Minnesota polls has remained consistently in the single digits. State Democrats are sounding the alarm that rural voters could put Minnesota in play in 2020.
"The Republican Party is kind of speaking to my heart more than the Democrats," Gretchen said.
"It's really sad to see that there's a potential of Minnesota going to be a red state," Pick lamented while sitting at a picnic table at a park in Aitkin. "It should be no surprise that people are just plain done with the, 'Oh no, we can't do anything here because we might hurt the environment,' and we're just not going to take it anymore," Lueck said.
State Rep. Dale Lueck represents Aitkin and the surrounding area. He says growing support for Republicans in rural Minnesota has a lot to do with economics and urban Democrats' environmentalism, which threatens new mining and fossil-fuel energy jobs.State Rep. Dale Lueck represents Aitkin and the surrounding area.
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