If you can build a narrative around a series of seemingly related events, it becomes more compelling, and this narrative fits together very well for Democrats.

There are large national movements afoot about redistricting and union dues that are looking to this referendum ... for momentum, ... If either measure wins or loses, it will have dramatic consequences for whether these national movements move ahead or get stopped in their tracks.

A common focus is to curb the social cost of behavior of young people.

I think things are more confused now than in several years, and I think the reason is that the governor is vacillating on it. He's all for it, but he's not doing anything about it. I am certain that his behavior is at the center of the Twins' frustration.

They're working at cross purposes. These factions are colliding in ways they didn't before.

No Minnesota voter under the age of 53 has ever been able to vote for Walter Mondale for Senate.