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Election 2020 Results

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2020 presidential election in North Dakota

Donald Trump (Republican) beat Joe Biden (Democrat) in North Dakota in 2020, 65.1% to 31.8%, a margin of 33.3 points and 120,709 votes.

North Dakota voted 37.8 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+4.5.

The Republican hold continued from 2016, when Donald Trump also won.

Republicans led in 51 of the 53 counties and Democrats in 2. The largest, Cass, cast 86,438 votes and went to the Republican by 2.6 points. The closest was Steele, where 260 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Donald Trump won Republican 235,751 65.1%
Joe Biden Democratic 115,042 31.8%
All other candidates 11,231 3.1%
Total362,024

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cass 40,505 46.9% 42,793 49.5% 3,140 86,438 R+2.6
Burleigh 14,347 28.3% 34,743 68.5% 1,661 50,751 R+40.2
Grand Forks 12,880 41.6% 16,987 54.8% 1,103 30,970 R+13.3
Ward 7,293 25.8% 19,974 70.7% 979 28,246 R+44.9
Morton 3,872 23.3% 12,243 73.7% 505 16,620 R+50.4
Stark 2,499 16.6% 12,110 80.5% 441 15,050 R+63.9
Williams 2,169 15.1% 11,739 81.9% 425 14,333 R+66.8
Stutsman 2,676 26.9% 6,994 70.2% 289 9,959 R+43.4
Richland 2,510 32.1% 5,072 64.9% 231 7,813 R+32.8
Barnes 1,820 32.7% 3,568 64.1% 177 5,565 R+31.4
McLean 1,230 22.2% 4,198 75.8% 108 5,536 R+53.6
McKenzie 814 15.0% 4,482 82.7% 123 5,419 R+67.7
Ramsey 1,639 30.5% 3,576 66.6% 157 5,372 R+36.1
Walsh 1,333 27.9% 3,324 69.5% 126 4,783 R+41.6
Mercer 704 15.1% 3,856 82.5% 115 4,675 R+67.4
Mountrail 1,256 30.2% 2,824 67.8% 85 4,165 R+37.6
Traill 1,493 36.1% 2,522 61.0% 121 4,136 R+24.9
Rolette 2,482 65.2% 1,257 33.0% 65 3,804 D+32.2
Bottineau 821 23.7% 2,575 74.2% 75 3,471 R+50.5
Pembina 786 23.6% 2,460 73.9% 85 3,331 R+50.3
McHenry 564 18.8% 2,364 78.7% 75 3,003 R+59.9
Ransom 945 38.5% 1,418 57.8% 91 2,454 R+19.3
Dickey 608 25.1% 1,742 71.9% 74 2,424 R+46.8
Wells 442 18.6% 1,893 79.7% 39 2,374 R+61.1
Dunn 342 14.6% 1,951 83.4% 45 2,338 R+68.8
LaMoure 527 23.7% 1,645 74.1% 47 2,219 R+50.4
Pierce 497 23.4% 1,585 74.5% 46 2,128 R+51.1
Sargent 738 35.7% 1,266 61.2% 66 2,070 R+25.5
Cavalier 474 23.5% 1,499 74.2% 47 2,020 R+50.7
Emmons 237 11.8% 1,738 86.5% 34 2,009 R+74.7
Benson 822 41.9% 1,095 55.8% 45 1,962 R+13.9
Foster 373 21.0% 1,362 76.6% 43 1,778 R+55.6
Nelson 586 33.0% 1,141 64.2% 50 1,777 R+31.2
Bowman 228 13.8% 1,395 84.2% 34 1,657 R+70.4
Kidder 221 15.1% 1,215 83.2% 24 1,460 R+68.1
McIntosh 261 17.9% 1,153 79.2% 41 1,455 R+61.3
Grant 207 15.0% 1,145 82.9% 29 1,381 R+67.9
Renville 220 16.7% 1,065 80.7% 34 1,319 R+64.1
Hettinger 196 14.9% 1,091 83.2% 25 1,312 R+68.2
Adams 258 20.3% 981 77.3% 30 1,269 R+57.0
Eddy 383 30.4% 854 67.7% 24 1,261 R+37.4
Griggs 308 24.6% 907 72.6% 35 1,250 R+47.9
Divide 265 22.0% 904 75.2% 33 1,202 R+53.2
Towner 317 27.0% 830 70.7% 27 1,174 R+43.7
Burke 137 11.9% 994 86.1% 24 1,155 R+74.2
Steele 392 36.0% 652 59.9% 44 1,088 R+23.9
Logan 128 11.9% 930 86.4% 18 1,076 R+74.5
Oliver 129 12.1% 919 86.1% 19 1,067 R+74.0
Golden Valley 137 13.4% 871 84.9% 18 1,026 R+71.5
Sioux 750 74.6% 240 23.9% 16 1,006 D+50.7
Sheridan 104 12.8% 688 84.7% 20 812 R+71.9
Billings 72 11.3% 541 85.2% 22 635 R+73.9
Slope 44 10.3% 380 89.0% 3 427 R+78.7

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

North Dakota in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+36.4
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+33.3
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+35.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+19.6
2008 John McCain (R) R+8.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+27.4
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+27.6
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+6.8
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+12.0
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+13.1
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+31.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+38.0
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+5.9
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+26.3
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+17.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+16.1
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+10.9
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+23.6
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+42.6
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+8.8
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+8.4
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+10.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.0
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+41.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+10.3
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+40.7
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+59.6
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+1.5
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+7.5
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+26.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+54.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+26.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+11.9
1892 James B. Weaver (other)