Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko Minnesota te rārangi roa rawa hei kāwanatanga kikorangi, nā te mea i pōti whakamutunga ia mō tētahi kaitono perehitini o te Rōpū Reipa 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 tenei whakaaro, i whaaia e nga Reipa te kawanatanga mo te pooti 2008, i te huihuinga o te Republican National Convention 2008
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.