Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko Minnesota te raupapa roa rawa atu hei kawanatanga kikorangi, i te mea i pooti whakamutunga mo te kaitono perehitini Republican i te tau 1972. Heoi anō, he iti noa iho te whānuitanga o te wikitōria a ngā Tiamana i te tau 2000 me te tau 2004. I runga i tēnei whakaaro, i whāia e ngā Reipa te kawanatanga mō te pōtitanga o te tau 2008, e pupuri ana i te
2008 Republican National Convention i Minneapolis-St. Ko Paora. Ahakoa i piki ake te mana o te kawanatanga ki te Manapori i te tau 2008, ā, he pai ake te mahi a Barack Obama i konei i a John Kerry i te tau 2004, he iti ake te hurihanga i te toharite o te motu.