Minnesota

Minnesota, cobbled together from land that was part of the original United States, land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase and land acquired from Great Britain in 1818, joined the Union in May, 1858. Minnesota voted exclusively Republican from 1860 through the onset of the Great Depression, except for 1912 when it sided with Progressive candidate (and former Republican) Theodore Roosevelt. From 1932 onward, the state has primarily voted Democratic, last voting Republican during Nixon’s landslide victory in 1972. Outside of Washington, D.C., it is the longest Democratic streak in the country. In 1984, Minnesotans gave homegrown Senator Mondale his only state in the lopsided loss to Ronald Reagan. While the Democratic winning streak grew to 11 straight elections in 2016, Hillary Clinton won by a surprisingly narrow 1.5% over Donald Trump. Joe Biden won by 7% in 2020.

Minnesota has had 10 electoral votes since the 1964. It was projected to lose one after the 2020 Census, but edged out New York for the 435th congressional district.

ELECTORAL VOTES

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2024 ELECTION

Likely Democratic
2024 Minnesota Polls

Recent Presidential Elections

2020
52.4% 45.3%
2016
46.4% 44.9%
2012
52.7% 45.0%
2008
54.1% 43.8%
2004
51.1% 47.6%
2000
47.9% 45.5%
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Presidential Voting History

State voted with the overall winning candidate

1976
D
1980
D
1984
D
1988
D
1992
D
1996
D
2000
D
2004
D
2008
D
2012
D
2016
D
2020
D

Electoral College Votes

Republican
Progressive
Democratic

Colored bars represent electoral votes by party. Tap or hover to see names.

Gray indicates available electoral votes that were either not cast or cast for a candidate not on the ballot.

U.S. Senate Voting History

Class 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022
1
R
R
D
D
D
D
2
D
D
R
D
D
D
3

Data: MIT Election Data and Science Lab / Harvard Dataverse through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.

There are three classes of Senators; one is up for election every second year. Each state has one Senator in two of the three classes.

U.S. House Voting History

District 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022
1
D
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
R
R
D
D
D
D
D
D
R
R
R
2
R
R
R
D
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
D
D
D
3
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
D
D
D
4
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
5
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
6
D
D
D
R
D
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
7
R
R
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
R
R
8
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
R
D
D
D
R
R
R

Data: The Princeton Gerrymandering Project through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.

Vertical lines before 1992, 2002, 2012, and 2022 show Census-related redistricting breakpoints. Geographic borders associated with district numbers may have changed.

The state had an additional redistricting before 1994. Same caution about borders applies.

Governor Voting History

1978
R
1982
D
1986
D
1990
R
1994
R
1998
RE
2002
R
2006
R
2010
D
2014
D
2018
D
2022
D

Data: Wikipedia through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.