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Line 41: + + − Minnesota is the only state in the Union in which the national Democratic Party actually is represented by the state-level [[Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party]] (DFL). All Democratic politicians in and from Minnesota work under the DFL header, though since the loss of manufacturing jobs to [[China]] and growth of [[agribusiness]] this now is more an issue of tradition than actual meaning. − [[File:HHH.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Hubert Humphrey booted Fannie Lou Hamer out of the 1964 convention, seated the all-white Mississippi delegation, and was rewarded with the VP spot.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07PwNVCZCcY Fannie Lou Hamer's Powerful Testimony], American Experience, [[PBS]]. youtube.</ref> In 1968 HHH was nominated despite never appearing on any ballot in any primary.]]
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==Politics of Minnesota==
==Politics of Minnesota==
Minnesota has been historically a [[Democratic]] state. They have not gone Republican in a Presidential election since [[Richard Nixon]] in 1972. However, in the 2010 elections, Republicans won a majority of both chambers of the Minneota Legislature for the first itme since 1970. The 2008 Republican National Convention was held in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Minnesota has been historically a [[Democratic]] state. They have not gone Republican in a Presidential election since [[Richard Nixon]] in 1972. However, in the 2010 elections, Republicans won a majority of both chambers of the Minneota Legislature for the first itme since 1970. The 2008 Republican National Convention was held in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
[[File:HHH.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Hubert Humphrey booted Fannie Lou Hamer out of the 1964 convention, seated the all-white Mississippi delegation, and was rewarded with the VP spot.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07PwNVCZCcY Fannie Lou Hamer's Powerful Testimony], American Experience, [[PBS]]. youtube.</ref> In 1968 HHH was nominated despite never appearing on any ballot in any primary.]]
Minnesota is the only state in the Union in which the national Democratic Party actually is represented by the state-level [[Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party]] (DFL). All Democratic politicians in and from Minnesota work under the DFL header, though since the loss of manufacturing jobs to [[China]] and growth of [[agribusiness]] this now is more an issue of tradition than actual meaning.
In the 1960s and 1970s, at the height of the [[Civil Rights movement]], Minnesota produced two [[Vice President]]s of the United States who also became [[Democratic party]] presidential nominees, [[Hubert Humphrey]] and [[Walter Mondale]]. Both Humphrey and Mondale denied Blacks [[equal protection]] and made a mockery of the [[civil rights movement]].<ref>https://www.minnpost.com/eric-black-ink/2011/05/sad-story-humphreys-role-1964-democratic-convention/</ref> [[President Lyndon Johnson]] held a private meeting with Humphrey, Mondale, Roy Wilkins, [[Andrew Young]], [[United Auto Workers]] President [[Walter Reuther]] and [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]
In the 1960s and 1970s, at the height of the [[Civil Rights movement]], Minnesota produced two [[Vice President]]s of the United States who also became [[Democratic party]] presidential nominees, [[Hubert Humphrey]] and [[Walter Mondale]]. Both Humphrey and Mondale denied Blacks [[equal protection]] and made a mockery of the [[civil rights movement]].<ref>https://www.minnpost.com/eric-black-ink/2011/05/sad-story-humphreys-role-1964-democratic-convention/</ref> [[President Lyndon Johnson]] held a private meeting with Humphrey, Mondale, Roy Wilkins, [[Andrew Young]], [[United Auto Workers]] President [[Walter Reuther]] and [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]