>> ERIC: IN THE LAST ELECTION, PRESIDENT TRUMP GOT SOME OF HIS STRONGEST SUPPORT FROM GREATER MINNESOTA.

IN TODD COUNTY, HE WON BY A MARGIN OF 53 PERCENTAGE POINTS.

REPORTER KAOMI LEE WENT TO CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO FIND HIS BASE.

>> Kaomi: ON A RECENT EVENING IN LONG PRAIRIE, AREA REPUBLICANS MET AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT, AS THEY DO EVERY MONTH.

THE GROUP IS CALLED THE BASIC POLITICAL ORGANIZING UNIT, OR BPOU.

MANY HERE ALSO SAY IT'S LIKE A FAMILY.

>> IT'S AN ORGANIZATION OF LIKE-MINDED CONSERVATIVES THAT GET TOGETHER, WE HAVE A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY, LIKE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOMINATED WHEN YOU GO TO VOTE, YOU SEE WHO THE REPUBLICAN NAME IS, THE BPOUs, WE START WITH A PRECINCT CAUCUSES, GET DELEGATES, AND THEN THEY NOMINATE THE PEOPLE THAT THEY WANT TO BE ON THE BALLOT.

>> Kaomi: JERRY IS THE LOCAL CHAIR.

HE SAYS PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS A LOT OF SUPPORT.

>> ONE THING TRUMP'S DONE THIS TERM IS GETTING MORE OF THE WORD OUT, AND THEN WHEN YOU SEE THE DEMOCRATS JUST FIGHTING HIM ON REALLY STUPID THINGS, YOU KNOW, THIS OPEN BORDER WAS A DISASTER, EVERYONE KNOWS THAT.

>> Kaomi: PRESIDENT TRUMP WON TODD COUNTY WITH MORE THAN 73% OF THE VOTE LAST NOVEMBER.

THAT MAKES IT ONE OF THE REDDEST COUNTIES IN THE STATE.

FARMING AND EAT PACKING ARE THE LARGEST INDUSTRIES HERE IN THE COUNTY.

NON-HISPANIC WHITES MAKE UP 86% OF THE POPULATION.

FAITH IS IMPORTANT.

>> I SEE GOD MAKING SOME IG CHANGES.

>> YOUR FAITH IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

>> OH, YEAH.

AND I THINK THAT GOD IS GOING TO BE SHOWING SOME TRUTH.

>> Kaomi: BUSINESS OWNER SAYS PEOPLE IN TODD COUNTY CARE ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES, THE SECOND AMENDMENT, RIGHT TO LIFE AND THE QUALITY OF AREA LAKES.

ALTHOUGH TRUMP'S TARIFF POLICIES DON'T AFFECT HER BUSINESS DIRECTLY, SHE SAYS SHE AGREE WITH THEM.

>> I THINK THAT HE IS KICKING BUTT AND TAKING NAMES.

THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN A DOOR MAT FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD FOR A LONG TIME.

TRUMP HAS BEEN SAYING, ENOUGH.

>> Kaomi: REPRESENTATIVE MIKE WIENER OWNS A BUSINESS MAKING IVESTOCK BEGGED.

>> THIS IS ONE OF THE POOREST COUNTIES IN THE STATE, TODD AND WADENA.

SO ECONOMICS PLAYS A BIG FACTOR, AND TAXES.

>> Kaomi: HE SAYS A LOT OF HIS CONSTITUENTS ARE FRUSTRATED WITH STATE GOVERNMENT AND WHAT REPUBLICANS SAY ARE BILLIONS IN SQUANDERED STATE SURPLUS.

>> WHAT I'M SEEING NOW IS WITH THE SHIFTS, THE DOWNSHIFT THAT IS ARE COMING FROM THE STATE, THIS IS REALLY AFFECTING PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT ARE SHIFTING MORE AND MORE TAX BURDEN DOWN, AND WE JUST HAD THE QUESTION WHEN I WAS IN THE MEETING HERE, PEOPLE SAID, HOW MUCH ARE MY PROPERTY TAXES GOING TO GO UP?

>> I'M NOT NECESSARILY ON A TOUR, BUT I GO OUT AND SPEAK TO GROUPS WHO ASK ME TO COME, AND I'VE BEEN INVITED HERE TONIGHT.

AND I WILL BE DOWN IN ALBERT LEA ON MONDAY, AND I'LL BE ALL OVER HE STATE.

I WAS IN ALEXANDRIA A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

>> Kaomi: MIKE AMERY IS WITH THE CONSERVATIVE THINK TANK TOUTING SMALLER GOVERNMENT AND FEWER REGULATIONS.

HE'S DOING OUTREACH IN GREATER MINNESOTA.

>> TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAP.

I MEAN, IT GETS REDDER AND REDDER AND REDDER.

IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT 20 YEARS AGO, IT WAS A MUCH MORE BLUE AND RED, YOU KNOW, INTERSPERSED, BUT NOW IT'S ALL HARD DARK BLUE IN THE TWIN CITIES, AND DARK RED IN GREATER MINNESOTA.

WELL, THAT'S A PROBLEM.

THAT'S A PROBLEM.

THAT MEANS THE SIDES RE NOT TALKING TO EACH OTHER.

>> Kaomi: FOR NONREPUBLICANS IN RED COUNTIES, THAT MEANS OFTEN HOLDING YOUR TONGUE.

THIS LIBERTARIAN IN LONG PRAIRIE DIDN'T WANT TO REVEAL HIS LAST NAME FOR FEAR OF RETALIATION AT HIS SMALL BUSINESS.

HE SAYS HE'S NOT A FAN OF TRUMP AND WORRIES ABOUT THE FUTURE.

>> A LOT OF THE MATERIALS THAT WE USE FOR PROCESSING DO COME FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.

I HAVEN'T HAD TO MAKE ANY PURCHASES YET THIS YEAR, BUT I'M AFRAID TO SEE WHAT THOSE TARIFFS ARE GOING TO DO.

>> Kaomi: I ASKED HIM IF HIS REPUBLICAN NEIGHBORS SUPPORTED TRUMP'S POLICIES.

>> SOME DO.

I THINK SOME ARE KIND OF MAYBE RETHINKING THEIR THOUGHTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TAKE THE CONSTITUTION AND ESSENTIALLY TEAR IT UP BY IGNORING THE BILL OF RIGHTS, YOU KNOW, SENDING PEOPLE AWAY.

WHEN YOU SEND SOMEBODY OUT OF THE COUNTRY TO A PRISON, THAT'S NOT A DEPORTATION.

THAT'S A CONCENTRATION CAMP.

>> Kaomi: LIFE-LONG RESIDENT LARRY SCHROEDER IS ALSO NOT REPUBLICAN.

HE ALSO DID NOT VOTE FOR TRUMP.

>> HE'S POWER HUNGRY.

IN MY STIMATION.

>> Kaomi: A VIETNAM VETERAN, SCHROEDER SAYS HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT CUTS TO FEDERAL AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE V.A.

>> IT'S AFFECTING THE VETERANS THAT ARE CALLING HIM AND WANTING HELP AND QUESTIONING THIS OR THAT AND, THEY GET PUT ON HOLD AND THEY HOLD AND FINALLY THEY GIVE UP IN FRUSTRATION.

AND THEIR ANSWERS AREN'T GETTING MET.

NO.

SO HE'S CUTTING AND IT'S AFFECTING EVERYBODY.

>> Kaomi: SCHROEDER SAYS HE REMEMBERS WHEN TODD COUNTY WAS MOSTLY DEMOCRAT IN THE 1960s.

REPUBLICAN PAM RAP WAS LIVED HERE FOR SIX YEARS, SOMETHING BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE SEEM TO AGREE ON IS PROBLEMATIC MEDIA COVERAGE.

>> THERE'S A LOT OF LIES BEING SPREAD.

WHEN I WATCH THE NEWS, I WANT TO SEE THE FACTS, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THE NEWSCASTER'S OPINION.

I WANT TO HEAR WHAT THE FACTS ARE.

AND IF YOU REALLY REALLY TRULY SAY THE FACTS, WITHOUT TRYING TO BIAS THE PEOPLE WHO YOU'RE TALKING TO, THEN PEOPLE ILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THEIR OWN