2020 ELECTION/MINING: “Minnesota’s Iron Range could help deliver the battleground state’s 10 Electoral College votes to President Trump. And maybe even the White House. If Trump manages to turn Minnesota red come November, he could lose Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania to 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and still get reelected as long as he maintains a hold on the rest of his 2016 victories…
Winning the Iron Range isn’t guaranteed for Trump, however. While exports of the metal increased in the first years of Trump’s presidency, the steel industry has stalled amid the COVID-19 pandemic – leading to layoffs and downsizing. Now, there are fewer mines open than when the president first took office.”
-Julia Musto, “How Minnesota’s Iron Range could hand Trump a second term,” foxnews.com, Sep. 15, 2020