Election Day-After Reactions
November 7, 2025
Election results landed and Minneapolis progressives are likely feeling a bit left out of the national enthusiasm. There are definitely some wins! but how did Jacob hang on to his base so tenaciously? was the strategy wrong? Day-after analysis is suspect, but you gotta start somewhere.
We recorded this episode on 11/05/25.
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- Cam's writings in the 2nd Ward Blog
Further reading
Election Results
- Minneapolis hub for election results: has the actual ranked choice tabulation and sankey diagram/chart showing how votes flowed.
- MN SOS first-choice election results
- Interactive map of mayor votes: useful map from Sahan Journal
- Minneapolis Racial Diversity Index map - 2021: referenced in the podcast as a point of comparison
- Four years ago: How Jacob Frey won re-election: worth a trip down this decent analysis from the election 4 years ago, to compare with this week's results.