High turnout expected in Minnesota; who does that help?

This KSTP News article reports that "Minnesota primary momentum builds With 206,000 early votes already cast either in person or by mail, Minnesota election officials say that might indicate a strong primary turnout by Minnesota’s modest standards for attracting voters during summer primaries." That isn't surprising with high profile primaries on the DFL side and the GOP side.

Now that it's been established that it's likely to be a high-turnout primary, it's time to figure out which candidates the high turnout helps or hurts most. On the MNGOP side, it's likely to work to Lisa Demuth's benefit because she, unlike Mike Lindell, has a GOTV operation. Lindell doesn't seem to have much beyond Trump's endorsement.

After Lindell announced his amnesty plan, social media lit up, saying that the plan eliminated him from serious consideration, Trump endorsement or not. Had Lindell proposed a reform of the visa program instead of proposing an amnesty plan, he might not have lost this much momentum.

As for the Flanagan-Craig matchup, you've got to think that Lt. Gov. Flanagan benefits from the DFL ground game because Flanagan is the endorsed DFL candidate. That being said, craig has won 4 congressional races so it's likely that she's got a good ground game, too. There will be federal observers outside som polling stations:

Predictably, Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon is trying to create a boogey man.
Simon and other election officials also remind voters Minnesota is an “open” primary state, meaning you can vote for either Democratic candidates on one side of the ballot or Republicans on the other side. However, if you cross over and vote in races on both sides, your ballot could be "spoiled" and not count.
In other words, you have to pick a party, then stick with that party for the entire ballot.

Return to this website for vote total updates tonight. Here's an insight into the U.S. Senate general election:

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