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Minnesota
Party timeline · 1860–2024
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Swing timeline · Minnesota
One column per cycle. Height is the state’s electoral votes, colour is the party that carried it, and a diamond marks a flip. 7 flips across 42 cycles.
Electoral votes over time
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Dem 21
Rep 20
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Popular vote · newest first
Swing is how far the gap between the Democratic and Republican shares moved since the state’s previous election with sourced votes: “R +1.6” means 1.6 points toward the Republican.
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| Year | Carried by | Dem | Rep | Others named | Margin | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dem Harris | Harris 1,656,979 50.9% | Trump 1,519,032 46.7% | None | 137,947 4.2 pts | R +2.9 since 2020 |
| 2020 | Dem Biden | Biden 1,717,077 52.4% | Trump 1,484,065 45.3% | Jo Jorgensen 34,976 · 1.1% | 233,012 7.1 pts | D +5.6 since 2016 |
| 2016 | Dem Clinton | Clinton 1,367,705 46.4% | Trump 1,322,949 44.9% | Gary Johnson 112,972 · 3.8% Evan McMullin 53,075 · 1.8% Jill Stein 36,986 · 1.3% | 44,756 1.5 pts | R +6.2 since 2012 |
| 2012 | Dem Obama | Obama 1,546,167 52.7% | Romney 1,320,225 45.0% | Gary Johnson 35,098 · 1.2% | 225,942 7.7 pts | R +2.5 since 2008 |
| 2008 | Dem Obama | Obama 1,573,354 54.1% | McCain 1,275,409 43.8% | Ralph Nader 30,152 · 1.0% | 297,945 10.2 pts | D +6.8 since 2004 |
| 2004 | Dem Kerry Kerry 9, Edwards 1 (cast by one elector) | Kerry 1,445,014 51.1% | Bush 1,346,695 47.6% | None | 98,319 3.5 pts | D +1.1 since 2000 |
| 2000 | Dem Gore | Gore 1,168,266 47.9% | Bush 1,109,659 45.5% | Ralph Nader 126,696 · 5.2% Pat Buchanan 24,460 · 1.0% | 58,607 2.4 pts | R +13.7 since 1996 |
| 1996 | Dem Clinton | Clinton 1,120,380 51.1% | Dole 766,395 35.0% | Ross Perot 257,698 · 11.8% Ralph Nader 24,906 · 1.1% | 353,985 16.1 pts | D +4.5 since 1992 |
| 1992 | Dem Clinton | Clinton 1,020,997 43.5% | Bush 747,841 31.9% | Ross Perot 562,506 · 24.0% | 273,156 11.6 pts | D +4.6 since 1988 |
| 1988 | Dem Dukakis | Dukakis 1,109,471 52.9% | Bush 962,337 45.9% | None | 147,134 7.0 pts | D +6.8 since 1984 |
| 1984 | Dem Mondale | Mondale 1,036,364 49.7% | Reagan 1,032,603 49.5% | None | 3,761 0.2 pts | R +3.8 since 1980 |
| 1980 | Dem Carter | Carter 954,173 46.5% | Reagan 873,268 42.6% | John B. Anderson 174,997 · 8.5% Ed Clark 31,593 · 1.5% | 80,905 3.9 pts | R +8.9 since 1976 |
| 1976 | Dem Carter | Carter 1,070,440 54.9% | Ford 819,395 42.0% | Eugene McCarthy 35,490 · 1.8% | 251,045 12.9 pts | D +18.3 since 1972 |
| 19721 | Rep Nixon | McGovern 802,3461 46.1% | Nixon 897,5691 51.6% | John G. Schmitz 31,407 · 1.8%1 | 95,223 5.5 pts | R +18.0 since 1968 |
| 19682 | Dem Humphrey | Humphrey 857,7382 54.0% | Nixon 658,6432 41.5% | George Wallace 68,931 · 4.3%2 | 199,095 12.5 pts | R +15.2 since 1964 |
| 19643 | Dem Johnson | Johnson 991,1173 63.8% | Goldwater 559,6243 36.0% | None | 431,493 27.8 pts | D +26.3 since 1960 |
| 19604 | Dem Kennedy | Kennedy 779,9334 50.6% | Nixon 757,9154 49.2% | None | 22,018 1.4 pts | D +9.0 since 1956 |
| 19565 | Rep Eisenhower | Stevenson 617,5255 46.1% | Eisenhower 719,3025 53.7% | None | 101,777 7.6 pts | D +3.6 since 1952 |
| 19526 | Rep Eisenhower | Stevenson 608,4586 44.1% | Eisenhower 763,2116 55.3% | None | 154,753 11.2 pts | R +28.5 since 1948 |
| 19487 | Dem Truman | Truman 692,9667 57.2% | Dewey 483,6177 39.9% | Henry A. Wallace 27,866 · 2.3%7 | 209,349 17.3 pts | D +11.7 since 1944 |
| 19448 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 589,8648 52.4% | Dewey 527,4168 46.9% | None | 62,448 5.5 pts | D +1.7 since 1940 |
| 19409 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 644,1969 51.5% | Willkie 596,2749 47.7% | None | 47,922 3.8 pts | R +27.0 since 1936 |
| 1936 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 698,811 61.8% | Landon 350,461 31.0% | William Lemke 74,296 · 6.6% | 348,350 30.8 pts | D +7.2 since 1932 |
| 193210 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 600,80610 59.9% | Hoover 363,95910 36.3% | Norman Thomas 25,476 · 2.5%10 | 236,847 23.6 pts | D +40.6 since 1928 |
| 192811 | Rep Hoover | Smith 396,45111 40.8% | Hoover 560,97711 57.8% | None | 164,526 16.9 pts | D +27.4 since 1924 |
| 1924 | Rep Coolidge | Davis 55,913 6.8% | Coolidge 420,759 51.2% | Robert M. La Follette 339,192 · 41.3% | 81,567 9.9 pts | D +6.8 since 1920 |
| 192012,13 | Rep Harding | Cox 142,99412 19.4% | Harding 519,42112 70.6% | Eugene V. Debs 56,106 · 7.6%12 Aaron S. Watkins 11,489 · 1.6%12 | 376,427 51.2 pts | R +51.1 since 1916 |
| 191614 | Rep Hughes | Wilson 179,15714 46.2% | Hughes 179,55314 46.4% | Allan L. Benson 20,117 · 5.2%14 J. Frank Hanly 7,793 · 2.0%14 | 396 0.1 pts | R +12.7 since 1912 |
| 1912 | Prog Roosevelt | Wilson 106,426 31.8% | Taft 64,334 19.2% | Theodore Roosevelt 125,856 · 37.7% Eugene V. Debs 27,505 · 8.2% Eugene W. Chafin 7,886 · 2.4% | 19,430 5.8 pts | D +38.7 since 1908 |
| 1908 | Rep Taft | Bryan 109,401 33.0% | Taft 195,843 59.1% | Eugene V. Debs 14,527 · 4.4% Eugene W. Chafin 11,107 · 3.4% | 86,442 26.1 pts | D +23.1 since 1904 |
| 1904 | Rep Roosevelt | Parker 68,631 23.1% | Roosevelt 214,978 72.2% | Eugene V. Debs 6,376 · 2.1% Silas C. Swallow 5,603 · 1.9% | 146,347 49.2 pts | R +24.4 since 1900 |
| 1900 | Rep McKinley | Bryan 111,409 35.6% | McKinley 188,915 60.3% | John G. Woolley 8,467 · 2.7% | 77,506 24.8 pts | R +9.0 since 1896 |
| 189615 | Rep McKinley | Bryan 139,62615 40.9% | McKinley 193,50115 56.7% | Joshua Levering 4,343 · 1.3%15 | 53,875 15.8 pts | R +7.5 since 1892 |
| 189216 | Rep Harrison | Cleveland 100,92016 38.0% | Harrison 122,82316 46.3% | James B. Weaver 29,313 · 11.1%16 John Bidwell 12,182 · 4.6%16 | 21,903 8.3 pts | D +6.2 since 1888 |
| 188817 | Rep Harrison | Cleveland 104,38517 39.6% | Harrison 142,49217 54.1% | Clinton B. Fisk 15,311 · 5.8%17 | 38,107 14.5 pts | D +7.4 since 1884 |
| 188418 | Rep Blaine | Cleveland 70,06518 36.9% | Blaine 111,68518 58.8% | John P. St. John 4,684 · 2.5%18 Benjamin F. Butler 3,583 · 1.9%18 | 41,620 21.9 pts | D +5.1 since 1880 |
| 188019 | Rep Garfield | Hancock 53,31519 35.4% | Garfield 93,90319 62.4% | James B. Weaver 3,267 · 2.2%19 | 40,588 27.0 pts | R +7.5 since 1876 |
| 187620 | Rep Hayes | Tilden 48,79920 39.3% | Hayes 72,96220 58.8% | Peter Cooper 2,311 · 1.9%20 | 24,163 19.5 pts | D +3.1 since 1872 |
| 187221,22 | Rep Grant | Greeley 35,21121 38.7% | Grant 55,70921 61.3% | None | 20,498 22.5 pts | R +0.9 since 1868 |
| 186823 | Rep Grant | Seymour 28,07223 39.2% | Grant 43,54223 60.8% | None | 15,470 21.6 pts | First sourced year |
| 186424 | Rep Lincoln | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 186025 | Rep Lincoln | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
Shares are of the state’s total vote for president. Margin is the leader’s lead over the second-placed candidate. “Others named” lists every other candidate the figures give a line of their own.
Notes on the figures
- 1972 The official table notes: Socialist Labor 4,261: footnote 4, 'Industrial Government Party in Minnesota.' Others 2,855: footnote 3, 'People's Party.'
- 1968 The official table notes: Others 700: footnote 6, 'Includes 285 votes for Industrial Government Party and 415 votes for Communist Party.'
- 1964 The official table notes: Others figure 2,544 marked footnote 3: 'Industrial Government Party.'
- 1960 The official table notes: Others figure 962 marked footnote 3: 'Industrial Government Party.'
- 1956 The official table notes: Others: Industrial Government votes (footnote 6).
- 1952 The official table notes: Hass was the candidate of the Industrial Government Party in Minnesota (footnote 1).
- 1948 The official table notes: Teichert ran as the Industrial Government Party candidate (footnote 1).
- 1944 The official table notes: Roosevelt figure is the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party vote (footnote 8). Teichert ran as the Industrial Government Party candidate (footnote 1).
- 1940 The official table notes: Other: Industrial, 2,553.
- 1932 The official table notes: Scattering figure 770 carries footnote 3: 'Industrialist.'
- 1928 The official table notes: Footnote 12 on the figure in the Socialist-Labor column (1,921): 'Industrial.'
- 1920 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1920 The official table notes: Other tickets on the state page (in OthersState): Industrial 5,828.
- 1916 The official table's state total (387,378) is 290 more than the tickets it lists; the difference is counted under other candidates.
- 1896 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1892 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1888 The official table's state total (263,306) is 24 more than the tickets it lists; the difference is counted under other candidates.
- 1884 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1880 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1876 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1872 Horace Greeley was the Liberal Republican nominee and was also endorsed by the Democratic Party; he is listed under the Democratic column, where the county file records his votes.
- 1872 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1868 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1864 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1860 State popular vote not yet sourced.
SourcesMIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976–2024 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1960 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1952 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1948 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1940 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1936 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1932 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1928 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1924 ; Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 2, 1920 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1917 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1914 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1910 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1905 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1901 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1897 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1894 ; The World Almanac 1891 ; The World Almanac 1886 ; The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1878 ; The World Almanac for 1873 . How these figures were compiled
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National: Ulysses S. Grant · Rep
Gilded Age1876
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National: Rutherford B. Hayes · Rep
Gilded Age1880
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National: James A. Garfield · Rep
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National: Benjamin Harrison · Rep
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National: William McKinley · Rep
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National: Theodore Roosevelt · Rep
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Progressive Era1912
Roosevelt
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Hughes
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Harding
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Roaring Twenties1924
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Roaring Twenties1928
Hoover
National: Herbert Hoover · Rep
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Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1936
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National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1940
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New Deal Coalition1944
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1948
Truman
National: Harry S. Truman · Dem
New Deal Coalition1952
Eisenhower
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New Deal Coalition1956
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New Deal Coalition1960
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Cold War Realignment1976
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