Battleground State Profile: Minnesota

State Data:

2008 Caucus Results:

Barack Obama: 66%

Hillary Clinton: 32%

Mit Romney: 41%

John McCain: 22%

Mike Huckabee: 20%

2004 Election Results:

John Kerry: 51.09%

George W. Bush: 47.61%

2000 Election Results:

Al Gore: 47.90%

George W. Bush: 45.50%

Racial Breakdown:

White: 88.2%

Black: 3.5%

Hispanic: 2.9%

Other: 5.4%

Income:

Under 25k: 23.5%

25-50k: 29.4%

50-100k: 34.5%

Over 100k: 12.6%

Education:

Less than H.S.: 12%

H.S. or Higher: 87.9%

BA or Higher: 27.4%

Grad/Prof Deg: 8.3%

Minnesota

Minnesota is famous for its quirky political culture-after all, it's the only state that once elected a former pro-wrestler as its governor and currently has a comedian running for a hotly-contested senate seat. The state is shaping up to remain an unpredictable presidential battleground in November.

Republicans picked Minnesota for their convention for a reason and are obviously preparing for an all-out fight here.

John Kerry defeated President Bush by less than four percent in 2004, but early surveys show Obama with a much more comfortable lead. Still, Republicans picked Minnesota for their convention for a reason and are obviously preparing for an all-out fight here.

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