Suburban women can decide American elections

10/25/2020 Sweden



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A hard copy of Dagens Nyheter, 2020-10-25 09:13

Article source address: https://www.dn.se/varlden/slaget-om-kvinnorna-i-fororten/

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Karin Eriksson and Eva Tedesjö of DN describe the battle for suburban voters in Minneapolis, the ancient Swedish city that has become Trump’s example of horror.

The US presidential election is between two men.

But women can decide that.

Karin Eriksson and Eva Tedesjö of DN describe the battle for suburban voters in Minneapolis, the ancient Swedish city that has become Trump’s example of horror.

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A break from a troubled election campaign. Maggie Hess on a trip to the suburbs with her daughter Valerie.

Photo: Eva Tedesjö

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Mary Klonoski has been fighting segregation since the 1960s. Together with her daughter Kathy Emershad, she visited the place where George Floyd died, just on the day he would have turned 47.

Photo: Eva Tedesjö

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Pandemic Party: Mike and Patti Egelkraut enjoy booya, which is a special meat stew.

Photo: Eva Tedesjö

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Patti Egelkraut has donned her Trump socks. She and her husband Mike are behind the president, although they have some reservations about how he expresses himself.

Photo: Eva Tedesjö

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Community in the neighborhood: game between two college teams in Saint Paul. Families on site to cheer.

Photo: Eva Tedesjö

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“Many find it difficult to see that segregation is part of their history,” says Swedish historian and descendant Kirsten Delegard, here with the cats Izzy and Lola.

Photo: Eva Tedesjö

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President Donald Trump with Housing Minister Ben Carson during a conversation about the elderly American population.

Photo: Evan Vucci

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The cemetery at the George Floyd Memorial Site.

Photo: Eva Tedesjö

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“Trump has shown so many times that he doesn’t care,” said Kia Bible, an activist from the neighborhood where George Floyd died.

Photo: Eva Tedesjö

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Innocence and Lee’onnie are Kia’s Bible daughters and are used to spending their free time at the George Floyd memorial site. The text on the street is a long list of people who have been victims of racism and police brutality.

Photo: Eva Tedesjö

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Destruction on Lake Street in Minneapolis. Now examples of horror in the electoral debate.

Photo: Eva Tedesjö

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Heather Terry at home in the Uptown Garden of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. He is concerned about the polarization in the neighborhood.

Photo: Eva Tedesjö

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“We shouldn’t be so critical,” says Heather Terry, a mother of five, on the railroad near uptown Saint Paul.

Photo: Eva Tedesjö


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