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282: 343:, Republicans experienced substantial gains in state legislative and executive offices in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. This trend continued through 2016. From 2018, Democrats regained some control of the region. With Upper Midwest states closest to the Great Lakes favoring Democrats, and Democratic state trifecta governments forming in Minnesota and Michigan in 2022. Great Plains states in the region continue to favor Republicans, with GOP state trifecta governments in the Dakota's and Iowa. In 2023, the region had three Democratic governors (in Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin) and three Republican governors (in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Iowa). 41: 405: 72: 95: 52: 81: 2101: 61: 2091: 2111: 395:
The economy of the region was largely based upon the mining of iron and copper, as well as a very large timber industry. Mechanization has sharply reduced employment in those areas, and the economy is increasingly based on tourism. Popular interest in the environment and environmentalism, added to
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The growing season is shorter, cooler and drier in areas farther north and west. The region's western boundary is sometimes considered to be determined by where the climate becomes too dry to support growing non-irrigated crops other than small grains or hay grass.
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gains in 2018, but were still below the five-year averages. In North Dakota, for example, 49% of corn was harvested by November 4 compared with the five-year average of 97%. This was in part due to weather conditions in October that affected the harvest.
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The Association for Institutional Research in the Upper Midwest includes the states of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and the upper peninsula of Michigan in the region. According to the
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and moderate Republicans, with Minnesota favoring each Democratic presidential candidate since 1976 and Wisconsin from 1988 to 2012 (and again in 2020). Minnesota narrowly supported native
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The USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center considers it to be the six states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, which comprise the watersheds of the
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LOC (2019). Pioneering the Upper Midwest: Books from Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910. Library of Congress (LOC), 2019. Retrieved from
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averages 25 days each year with temperatures above 90 °F (32 °C) and 45 days each year with temperatures below 5 °F (−15 °C).
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The region has dramatic variations between summer and winter temperatures; summers are hot; and winters are very cold. For example,
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defined more by the absence of certain features than their presence, is spoken in Minnesota, parts of Wisconsin and Iowa, the
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The USGS Mineral Resources Program considers the area to contain Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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traditional interests in hunting and fishing, has attracted a large urban audience who live within driving range.
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won every other state. Michigan and Illinois also often favor Democratic candidates. However, beginning with the
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considers the Upper Midwest climate region to include Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
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Map of the USA with the Upper Midwest highlighted (as defined by the National Weather Service)
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has a record high of 116 °F (47 °C) and a record low of −39 °F (−39 °C).
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U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Upper Midwest Mineral Resources Program
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The Lure of the North Woods: Cultivating Tourism in the Upper Midwest
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won the electoral votes of Iowa, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
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Region in the northern portion of the Midwestern United States
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division encompassing three of the four teams in the region
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The Upper Midwest in the 20th-century was dominated by the
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states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota. Republican
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Map of the USA with the Upper Midwest highlighted (as defined by the National Weather Service)
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Midwestern United States
Iowa
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Wisconsin
North Dakota
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Nebraska
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Upper Mississippi River
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Inland North dialect
Northern Cities Vowel Shift
Upstate New York
North Central American English

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