HENDERSON, NEVADA – OCTOBER 31: Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump walks off stage at the end of a campaign rally at Lee’s Family Forum on October 31, 2024 in Henderson, Nevada. With less than a week until Election Day, Trump is campaigning for re-election on Thursday in New Mexico and the battleground states of Nevada and Arizona. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.
Welcome to The Topline, a weekly roundup of the big numbers driving the Minnesota news cycle, as well as the smaller ones that you might have missed. This week: the Twin Cities exception; Klobuchar overperformance; polarization in Minnesota; and the state of school levies.
Trump makes only modest gains in Twin Cities
One of the most striking developments in the 2024 election has been Donald Trump’s dramatic overperformance in deeply liberal urban areas . The Republican convicted felon and election denier ran up his previous margins by 5 points in Philadelphia, 9 points in Detroit, 11 points in Chicago, and around 20 points across much of New York City and Miami.