Trump and Biden hit unlikely battleground state of Minnesota
September 18, 2020 8:28AM CDT
FILE – In this combination of file photos, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Del., on March 12, 2020, left, and President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington on April 5, 2020. The University of Notre Dame has become the second university to withdraw as the host of one of this fall’s three scheduled presidential debates amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo, File)
By WILL WEISSERT and KATHLEEN HENNESSEY Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Donald Trump almost won Minnesota in 2016 and sees it as a state he can peel away from Democrat Joe Biden in November.
That could potentially help insulate him in case he loses any battlegrounds that backed him four years ago. But Minnesota — which hasn’t voted Republican in a presidential race since 1972 — has steadily moved farther away from the president since then.
And polls suggest Biden has built a consistent lead as both he and Trump visit the state on Friday, when early voting opens.
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