Our hypotheses were as follows: Senatorial incumbents re-elected into office in a given year will be of the same party affiliation as the current or newly elected President and the South will consistently vote Republican for Senatorial incumbents no matter what party affiliation the current or new President holds. Our groups Electoral Synthesis project was done on the Obamarific state of Minnesota. My previous statement pretty much sums up the project, if you didn't get it; Yes, Minnesota hasn't voted Republican for a Presidential election since the 1970s, 1972 I believe. The entire state doesn't necessarily vote Democrat all the time, but seeing as 60% of Minnesota's population is located in the Twin Cities Metro Area, and they vote solidly Democratic, I say again, solidly Democratic, that pretty much sums up ole Minnesota's voting trend.
Needless to say, we decided to go with the Democratic party as our strategy, plain and simple. We'd go to the Mall of America as a major campaign stop, and make the other campaign stops in some of the more rural areas, as they usually don't receive much campaign coverage, given the immenseness of the Twin Cities.
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