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Election 1868 Results

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1868 presidential election in Minnesota

Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) beat Horatio Seymour (Democrat) in Minnesota in 1868, 60.9% to 39.1%, a margin of 21.8 points and 15,626 votes.

Minnesota voted 16.4 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+5.3.

Republicans led in 44 of the 52 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 8. The largest, Hennepin, cast 5,110 votes and went to the Republican by 22.4 points. The closest was Benton, where 6 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Ulysses S. Grant won	Republican	43,722	60.9%
Horatio Seymour	Democratic	28,096	39.1%
Total		71,818

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Hennepin	1,982 38.8%	3,128 61.2%	5,110	R+22.4
Winona	2,024 46.0%	2,378 54.0%	4,402	R+8.0
Fillmore	1,313 32.3%	2,748 67.7%	4,061	R+35.3
Goodhue	939 24.6%	2,885 75.4%	3,824	R+50.9
Olmsted	1,307 35.6%	2,369 64.4%	3,676	R+28.9
Ramsey	1,929 53.6%	1,670 46.4%	3,599	D+7.2
Dakota	1,792 52.6%	1,612 47.4%	3,404	D+5.3
Rice	1,266 41.5%	1,784 58.5%	3,050	R+17.0
Wabasha	1,143 38.4%	1,831 61.6%	2,974	R+23.1
Blue Earth	1,024 36.9%	1,749 63.1%	2,773	R+26.1
Stearns	1,524 59.7%	1,030 40.3%	2,554	D+19.3
Houston	899 38.5%	1,435 61.5%	2,334	R+23.0
Le Sueur	1,095 55.5%	878 44.5%	1,973	D+11.0
Scott	1,454 75.2%	479 24.8%	1,933	D+50.4
Faribault	373 20.8%	1,421 79.2%	1,794	R+58.4
Carver	980 55.1%	800 44.9%	1,780	D+10.1
Washington	707 40.0%	1,062 60.0%	1,769	R+20.1
Mower	469 27.5%	1,239 72.5%	1,708	R+45.1
Steele	503 30.7%	1,137 69.3%	1,640	R+38.7
Wright	623 38.7%	985 61.3%	1,608	R+22.5
Freeborn	336 21.7%	1,211 78.3%	1,547	R+56.6
Dodge	381 27.1%	1,025 72.9%	1,406	R+45.8
Waseca	518 38.8%	817 61.2%	1,335	R+22.4
Nicollet	486 38.4%	780 61.6%	1,266	R+23.2
Sibley	704 64.8%	382 35.2%	1,086	D+29.7
McLeod	381 38.6%	605 61.4%	986	R+22.7
Meeker	285 32.2%	600 67.8%	885	R+35.6
Brown	152 18.9%	654 81.1%	806	R+62.3
Anoka	274 39.4%	421 60.6%	695	R+21.2
Douglas	106 15.8%	563 84.2%	669	R+68.3
Chisago	117 17.9%	538 82.1%	655	R+64.3
Martin	101 16.3%	520 83.7%	621	R+67.5
Lac Qui Parle (Orig)	74 16.3%	381 83.7%	455	R+67.5
Pope	62 16.6%	311 83.4%	373	R+66.8
Sherburne	148 41.9%	205 58.1%	353	R+16.1
Renville	67 19.7%	273 80.3%	340	R+60.6
Benton	147 49.0%	153 51.0%	300	R+2.0
Isanti	29 9.9%	263 90.1%	292	R+80.1
Watonwan	57 22.3%	199 77.7%	256	R+55.5
Otter Tail	22 9.5%	210 90.5%	232	R+81.0
Jackson	16 7.4%	201 92.6%	217	R+85.3
Morrison	139 67.1%	68 32.9%	207	D+34.3
Todd	35 17.9%	161 82.1%	196	R+64.3
Kandiyohi	12 7.0%	160 93.0%	172	R+86.0
Redwood	9 5.4%	157 94.6%	166	R+89.2
Mille Lacs	41 25.8%	118 74.2%	159	R+48.4
St. Louis	20 23.3%	66 76.7%	86	R+53.5
Grant	2 4.1%	47 95.9%	49	R+91.8
Pine	5 12.5%	35 87.5%	40	R+75.0
Carlton	0 0.0%	26 100.0%	26	R+100.0
Lake	0 0.0%	14 100.0%	14	R+100.0
Kanabec	1 11.1%	8 88.9%	9	R+77.8

Counties as they stood in 1868; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Minnesota in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+4.2
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+7.1
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+1.5
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+7.7
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+10.2
2004	John Kerry (D)	D+3.5
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+2.4
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+16.1
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+11.6
1988	Michael Dukakis (D)	D+7.0
1984	Walter Mondale (D)	D+0.2
1980	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+3.9
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+12.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+5.5
1968	Hubert Humphrey (D)	D+12.5
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+27.8
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+1.4
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+7.6
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+11.2
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+17.3
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+5.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+3.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+30.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+23.6
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+16.9
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+44.4
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+51.2
1916	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	R+0.1
1912	Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+26.2
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+55.1
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+24.5
1896	William McKinley (R)	R+15.4
1892	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+8.2
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+14.5
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+21.9
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+26.9
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+19.4
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+22.7
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+21.8

1868 presidential election in Minnesota

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