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Election 2016 Results

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2016 presidential election in Minnesota

Hillary Clinton (Democrat) beat Donald Trump (Republican) in Minnesota in 2016, 46.4% to 44.9%, a margin of 1.5 points and 44,765 votes.

Minnesota voted 0.6 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+2.1.

The Democratic hold continued from 2012, when Barack Obama won.

Republicans led in 78 of the 87 counties and Democrats in 9. The largest, Hennepin, cast 679,977 votes and went to the Democrat by 34.9 points. The closest was Mahnomen, where 61 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
Hillary Clinton won	Democratic	1,367,716	46.4%
Donald Trump	Republican	1,322,951	44.9%
All other candidates		254,146	8.6%
Total		2,944,813

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Hennepin	429,288 63.1%	191,770 28.2%	58,919	679,977	D+34.9
Ramsey	177,738 65.1%	70,894 26.0%	24,511	273,143	D+39.1
Dakota	110,483 47.7%	99,583 43.0%	21,374	231,440	D+4.7
Anoka	75,500 40.6%	93,339 50.2%	16,919	185,758	R+9.6
Washington	67,086 46.5%	64,428 44.7%	12,721	144,235	D+1.8
Saint Louis	57,771 51.4%	44,630 39.7%	10,021	112,422	D+11.7
Olmsted	36,268 45.3%	35,668 44.5%	8,193	80,129	D+0.7
Stearns	25,576 32.1%	47,617 59.8%	6,399	79,592	R+27.7
Scott	28,502 38.0%	39,948 53.2%	6,579	75,029	R+15.3
Wright	20,334 29.2%	43,274 62.2%	6,010	69,618	R+33.0
Carver	21,508 38.6%	29,056 52.2%	5,132	55,696	R+13.6
Sherburne	13,293 27.5%	31,053 64.3%	3,937	48,283	R+36.8
Crow Wing	10,982 30.6%	22,287 62.2%	2,573	35,842	R+31.5
Blue Earth	14,428 42.9%	15,667 46.6%	3,498	33,593	R+3.7
Otter Tail	9,340 28.7%	20,939 64.4%	2,221	32,500	R+35.7
Rice	14,437 44.5%	15,429 47.6%	2,577	32,443	R+3.1
Chisago	9,278 30.7%	18,441 61.0%	2,509	30,228	R+30.3
Clay	12,971 44.1%	13,543 46.1%	2,884	29,398	R+1.9
Winona	11,366 43.6%	12,122 46.5%	2,586	26,074	R+2.9
Goodhue	9,446 36.7%	14,041 54.6%	2,230	25,717	R+17.9
Itasca	9,015 37.8%	12,920 54.1%	1,945	23,880	R+16.4
Douglas	6,227 28.6%	13,966 64.1%	1,592	21,785	R+35.5
Kandiyohi	7,266 33.4%	12,785 58.7%	1,721	21,772	R+25.3
Beltrami	8,688 40.3%	10,783 50.0%	2,093	21,564	R+9.7
Isanti	5,657 26.9%	13,635 64.9%	1,724	21,016	R+38.0
Benton	5,640 28.1%	12,872 64.2%	1,546	20,058	R+36.1
Steele	6,241 32.5%	11,198 58.4%	1,740	19,179	R+25.8
McLeod	4,978 26.5%	12,155 64.6%	1,674	18,807	R+38.2
Carlton	8,460 46.5%	8,160 44.8%	1,591	18,211	D+1.6
Nicollet	7,886 43.6%	8,437 46.6%	1,774	18,097	R+3.0
Mower	7,437 42.0%	8,823 49.8%	1,455	17,715	R+7.8
Morrison	3,637 20.6%	12,925 73.4%	1,052	17,614	R+52.7
Becker	5,208 30.2%	10,880 63.2%	1,134	17,222	R+32.9
Freeborn	6,041 37.6%	8,808 54.9%	1,202	16,051	R+17.2
Cass	4,949 30.9%	9,982 62.4%	1,068	15,999	R+31.5
Le Sueur	4,623 30.9%	9,182 61.3%	1,166	14,971	R+30.5
Polk	4,712 31.8%	8,979 60.7%	1,105	14,796	R+28.8
Pine	4,580 33.2%	8,191 59.3%	1,040	13,811	R+26.1
Brown	3,763 27.3%	8,708 63.2%	1,308	13,779	R+35.9
Mille Lacs	3,710 28.5%	8,340 64.1%	967	13,017	R+35.6
Meeker	3,191 26.0%	8,104 66.0%	987	12,282	R+40.0
Lyon	3,825 31.3%	7,256 59.4%	1,134	12,215	R+28.1
Todd	2,783 23.2%	8,485 70.7%	725	11,993	R+47.5
Wabasha	3,866 32.7%	6,989 59.1%	977	11,832	R+26.4
Hubbard	3,423 29.8%	7,261 63.1%	821	11,505	R+33.4
Fillmore	3,872 35.0%	6,271 56.7%	912	11,055	R+21.7
Dodge	3,102 29.1%	6,527 61.3%	1,025	10,654	R+32.1
Houston	4,145 39.1%	5,616 53.0%	843	10,604	R+13.9
Martin	2,733 26.0%	7,062 67.1%	736	10,531	R+41.1
Waseca	2,838 29.4%	5,967 61.8%	848	9,653	R+32.4
Aitkin	3,134 34.0%	5,516 59.8%	581	9,231	R+25.8
Nobles	2,733 31.7%	5,299 61.4%	600	8,632	R+29.7
Kanabec	2,327 28.5%	5,230 64.0%	620	8,177	R+35.5
Roseau	1,856 23.8%	5,451 69.8%	497	7,804	R+46.1
Sibley	1,954 25.1%	5,193 66.8%	627	7,774	R+41.7
Redwood	1,887 24.8%	5,137 67.5%	587	7,611	R+42.7
Renville	2,117 27.8%	4,890 64.3%	599	7,606	R+36.5
Faribault	2,153 29.0%	4,659 62.9%	600	7,412	R+33.8
Wadena	1,684 24.3%	4,837 69.8%	413	6,934	R+45.5
Pennington	2,147 32.0%	4,000 59.6%	568	6,715	R+27.6
Lake	3,077 47.2%	2,932 45.0%	512	6,521	D+2.2
Koochiching	2,306 36.2%	3,569 56.1%	488	6,363	R+19.8
Pope	2,106 33.3%	3,793 60.0%	420	6,319	R+26.7
Chippewa	1,978 31.8%	3,764 60.5%	480	6,222	R+28.7
Cottonwood	1,678 29.3%	3,679 64.3%	364	5,721	R+35.0
Jackson	1,492 27.2%	3,609 65.8%	383	5,484	R+38.6
Stevens	2,116 39.2%	2,799 51.9%	483	5,398	R+12.7
Yellow Medicine	1,524 28.9%	3,382 64.1%	370	5,276	R+35.2
Watonwan	1,814 36.3%	2,768 55.4%	416	4,998	R+19.1
Swift	1,686 33.8%	2,963 59.3%	345	4,994	R+25.6
Rock	1,373 28.4%	3,091 63.9%	375	4,839	R+35.5
Marshall	1,225 25.4%	3,208 66.6%	384	4,817	R+41.2
Pipestone	1,127 23.4%	3,338 69.4%	343	4,808	R+46.0
Murray	1,295 27.7%	2,974 63.7%	399	4,668	R+36.0
Clearwater	1,100 25.9%	2,925 68.9%	220	4,245	R+43.0
Lac Qui Parle	1,305 33.8%	2,293 59.4%	262	3,860	R+25.6
Grant	1,105 31.8%	2,063 59.4%	305	3,473	R+27.6
Cook	1,912 56.3%	1,156 34.1%	327	3,395	D+22.3
Wilkin	893 27.0%	2,129 64.5%	280	3,302	R+37.4
Norman	1,264 38.8%	1,699 52.1%	298	3,261	R+13.3
Lincoln	860 28.5%	1,931 64.0%	228	3,019	R+35.5
Big Stone	921 33.4%	1,608 58.4%	226	2,755	R+24.9
Kittson	823 34.5%	1,349 56.6%	213	2,385	R+22.1
Lake of the Woods	553 24.7%	1,540 68.7%	149	2,242	R+44.0
Mahnomen	930 44.5%	991 47.5%	167	2,088	R+2.9
Red Lake	540 28.7%	1,141 60.7%	200	1,881	R+32.0
Traverse	630 35.0%	1,049 58.3%	119	1,798	R+23.3

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

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