2016 United States presidential election in Minnesota

The 2016 United States presidential election in Minnesota was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all fifty states and the District of Columbia participated. The state was won by Hillary Clinton.

Main article: 2016 United States presidential election

2016 United States presidential election in Minnesota

November 8, 2016
Turnout	74.72%[1]
Nominee Hillary Clinton Donald Trump Party Democratic Republican Home state New York New York Running mate Tim Kaine Mike Pence Electoral vote 10 0 Popular vote 1,367,716 1,322,951 Percentage 46.44% 44.92%
County Results Clinton   40–50%   50–60%   60–70% Trump   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%
President before election Barack Obama Democratic Elected President Donald Trump Republican

Results by county with size showing number of votes

Treemap of the popular vote by county

On March 1, 2016, in the precinct caucuses, Minnesota voted for their preferences for the Democratic, Republican, Green and Libertarian parties' respective nominees for president.

Minnesota was won with a plurality by Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and a 1.5% margin, the eleventh consecutive Democratic presidential win in the state, which has not voted for a Republican since Richard Nixon in 1972. This was the closest presidential election in Minnesota since 1984, when Walter Mondale carried the state by a 0.2% margin, the only state not carried by Ronald Reagan. However, the state voted more Republican than the national average for the first time since 1952, with Trump flipping nineteen counties to Republican. Minnesota had the highest voter turnout in the nation with approximately 75 percent of the state's eligible voters participating in the general election.[1]

Caucuses

Democratic caucuses

Bernie Sanders received the most votes and the most delegates in the precinct caucuses.[2] The 2016 turnout was slightly lower than the 2008 tally of 214,066, when Obama won with 142,109 votes, to Clinton's 68,994. Bernie Sanders won every congressional district in Minnesota.[3]

Minnesota Democratic caucuses, March 1, 2016
Candidate	Popular vote		Estimated delegates
	Count	Percentage	Pledged	Unpledged	Total
Bernie Sanders	126,229	61.69%	46	1	47
Hillary Clinton	78,381	38.31%	31	13	44
Uncommitted	N/A		0	2	2
Total	204,610	100%	77	16	93
Source: The Green Papers

Republican caucuses

The 38 delegates from Minnesota were allocated in this way. If a candidate received more than 85% of the vote, they would get all of 38 delegates. Otherwise, 24 delegates would be allocated proportionally based on the votes per congressional district (3 votes per district). On top of that, there were 10 at-large delegates and 3 party leaders (the National Committee Man, the National Committee woman, and the chairman of the Minnesota Republican Party). All of the at-large delegates were allocated proportionally based on the popular vote with a mandatory threshold of 10% to receive any delegates; if no one got at least 10%, all candidates would be eligible to get delegates.[4]

Minnesota Republican precinct caucuses, March 1, 2016
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
			Bound	Unbound	Total
Marco Rubio	41,397	36.24%	17	0	17
Ted Cruz	33,181	29.04%	13	0	13
Donald Trump	24,473	21.42%	8	0	8
Ben Carson	8,422	7.37%	0	0	0
John Kasich	6,565	5.75%	0	0	0
Write-ins	207	0.18%	0	0	0
Jeb Bush (withdrawn)			0	0	0
Unprojected delegates:			0	0	0
Total:	114,245	100.00%	38	0	38
Source: The Green Papers

Some media outlets recorded the votes by congressional district, rather than by county. Rubio won districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area as well as the southern part of the state. Cruz won districts 6, 7 and 8 in the St. Cloud area and rural north.[3]

Green caucuses

The Green Party of Minnesota held caucuses on March 1 in Saint Paul, Minneapolis, Bemidji, White Bear Lake, Blaine, Grand Rapids, and Willmar.[5] Jill Stein won the caucuses with 84.3% of the vote. The delegates apportioned to each candidate will be decided at the state convention in St. Cloud, Minnesota in June.[6] The results of the caucuses are as follows:[7]

Minnesota Green Party presidential caucus, March 1, 2016[8][9]
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	National delegates
Jill Stein	-	84.3%	7
Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry	-	5.9%	-
William Kreml	-	4.8%	-
Darryl Cherney	-	3.6%	-
Kent Mesplay	-	1.2%	-
Total	-	100.00%	7

Libertarian caucuses

Main article: 2016 Libertarian Party presidential primaries

The Minnesota caucus was run on March 1, 2016, using ranked choice voting. Gary Johnson took over 75% of the 226 first-preference votes cast, with John McAfee a distant second on 11.5% and Austin Petersen third on 7.5%.[10]

Minnesota Libertarian Party presidential caucus, March 1, 2016[11]
Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Gary Johnson	171	75.66%
John McAfee	26	11.50%
Austin Petersen	17	7.52%
Darryl Perry	4	1.77%
Cecil Ince	2	0.88%
Steve Kerbel	2	0.88%
None of the above	2	0.88%
Marc Allan Feldman	1	0.44%
Shawna Joy Sterling	1	0.44%
Total	226	100.00%

General election

Polling

See also: Statewide opinion polling for the 2016 United States presidential election § Minnesota

Candidates

The following had write-in status:[12]

Dennis Andrew Ball and Richard Sanders Henry Bartlett and Condoleezza Rice Robert L. Buchanan and Jason A. Washington Richard Duncan and Ricky Johnson Cherunda Fox and Roger Kushner Eric Gerhard and Ken Virnig Joseph Glentz and Mike Hennessy Ben Hartnell and Dave Marshall Tom Hoefling and Steve Schulin Alec Holbeck and John Hulet James Hrenak Jr and Lauren Rasmussen Alan Jacquemotte and Ronalee Evelyn Mueller Lynn Kahn and Kathy Monahan Chris Keniston and Deacon Taylor Roger Koplitz and John Kerry Laurence Kotlikoff and Edward Leamer Gloria La Riva and Eugene Puryear Johnson Immanuel Li and Aida Yuquimpo Li Darin Lynch and Jaci Dukowitz Joseph Maldonado and Douglas Terranova Srinivasa K Mallapadi and Sripriya Mallapadi Michael Andrew Maturen and Juan Antonio Munoz

Stephen J. McCarthy and Joyce Meyer Daniel Muffoletto and Jesse Ventura Michael S Olkowski and Daniel E Olkowski Aaron Idean Orwick and Brad Alan Fredricks Micah Payeur and Joshua Payeur Ricky J. Regenold and James Kolden Clifton Roberts and Breeze Harper Matthew Roberts and Charles Clauss Platt Robertson and Scott Falls Marshall Schoenke and James Mitchell Jr. Joe Schriner and Joe Moreaux Derrick Schumacher and Ross Wendling Arthur E. Sidner and Sandra Arcement Michael L. "Mike" Smith and Daniel White Keith Richard Snell and Russell LeBeau Emidio Soltysik and Angela Walker J. J. Vogel Walcutt and Chris Walcutt Kirk Wettschreck and Lori Motzko Jeffrey Ryan Wharton Sr. and Amy Klobuchar Jerome S White (Jerry White) and Niles Niemuth Demetra Jefferson Wysinger and Cedric D. Jefferson Charles R. Zerilli and Ajamu Baraka

Analysis

Minnesota voted 6.2 percent less Democratic from the 2012 presidential election, a much larger shift than the nation at large. Donald Trump only increased his vote tally compared to Mitt Romney in 2012 by 2,726 votes which resulted in a percentage of vote loss of 0.04%. The difference in Democratic voting was largely attributed to Independent or Write-In candidates. The most significant Independent gains went to Gary Johnson with 3.84 percent of the vote (+2.64% over 2012), Evan McMullin with 1.8 percent of the vote (he wasn't a candidate in 2012), and Jill Stein with 1.26 percent of the vote (+0.82% over 2012). These three candidates account for 5.26 percent of the swing. This election marked the first time since 1952 that the Democratic candidate performed worse in Minnesota than in the nation at large. Hillary Clinton won the national popular vote by 2.1 points but won Minnesota by just 1.5 points, or 44,765 votes. Minnesota has been a primarily Democratic state in national elections since 1932.

Due to Independent and Write-In gains throughout the state, Clinton was dependent on her wins in Hennepin (Minneapolis) and Ramsey (St. Paul) counties, the two most populous counties in the state, and the Arrowhead Region in the northeastern corner of the state.[13] Trump's votes came from less populated, rural counties. Two counties, Morrison and Todd, gave Trump over 70% of the vote, making this the first election since 1968 where either major party candidate won a county with over 70%, with Trump also being the first Republican since Dwight D. Eisenhower to do so since 1956.

Trump was also the first Republican to receive a majority of votes in Itasca County since Herbert Hoover in 1928,[14] the first to win Swift County since Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952, and the first to win Mower County since Richard Nixon against John F. Kennedy in 1960. Due to the close margin of victory in the state, Republicans have targeted Minnesota as a potential swing state target for the 2020 United States presidential election.[15]

Results

Candidate	Vice President	Popular vote	Percentage	Electors
Hillary Clinton	Tim Kaine	1,367,716	46.44%	10
Donald Trump	Mike Pence	1,322,951	44.92%	0
Gary Johnson	William Weld	112,972	3.84%	0
Evan McMullin	Mindy Finn	53,076	1.80%	0
Jill Stein	Howie Hawkins	36,985	1.26%	0
Dan Vacek	Mark Elworth, Jr.	11,291	0.38%	0
Darrell Castle	Scott Bradley	9,456	0.32%	0
Alyson Kennedy	Osborne Hart	1,672	0.06%	0
Rocky De La Fuente	Michael Steinberg	1,431	0.05%	0
Mike Maturen (write-in)	Juan Muñoz	244	0.01%	0
Other Registered Write-in		303	0.01%	0
Unregistered Write-in		26,716	0.91%	0
Total		2,944,813	100%	0

Results by county

County	Hillary Clinton[16] Democratic		Donald Trump[16] Republican		Gary Johnson[16] Libertarian		Evan McMullin[16] Minnesota Independence		Jill Stein[16] Green		Various candidates[16] Other parties		Various candidates[16] Write-ins		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Aitkin	3,134	33.95%	5,516	59.76%	263	2.85%	124	1.34%	67	0.73%	81	0.88%	46	0.50%	-2,382	-25.80%	9,231
Anoka	75,499	40.64%	93,341	50.25%	7,726	4.16%	3,685	1.98%	2,123	1.14%	1,710	0.92%	1,675	0.90%	-17,842	-9.60%	185,759
Becker	5,208	30.24%	10,880	63.18%	580	3.37%	171	0.99%	130	0.75%	121	0.70%	131	0.76%	-5,672	-32.94%	17,221
Beltrami	8,688	40.29%	10,783	50.00%	780	3.62%	444	2.06%	420	1.95%	201	0.93%	248	1.15%	-2,095	-9.72%	21,564
Benton	5,640	28.12%	12,872	64.17%	683	3.41%	325	1.62%	245	1.22%	146	0.73%	147	0.73%	-7,232	-36.06%	20,058
Big Stone	921	33.44%	1,607	58.35%	94	3.41%	59	2.14%	20	0.73%	28	1.02%	25	0.91%	-686	-24.91%	2,754
Blue Earth	14,428	42.95%	15,667	46.64%	1,604	4.77%	605	1.80%	587	1.75%	365	1.09%	337	1.00%	-1,239	-3.69%	33,593
Brown	3,763	27.31%	8,708	63.20%	503	3.65%	421	3.06%	136	0.99%	132	0.96%	116	0.84%	-4,945	-35.89%	13,779
Carlton	8,460	46.46%	8,160	44.81%	703	3.86%	308	1.69%	233	1.28%	195	1.07%	152	0.83%	300	1.65%	18,211
Carver	21,508	38.62%	29,057	52.17%	2,461	4.42%	1,210	2.17%	488	0.88%	378	0.68%	595	1.07%	-7,549	-13.55%	55,697
Cass	4,949	30.93%	9,982	62.39%	414	2.59%	196	1.23%	212	1.33%	132	0.83%	114	0.71%	-5,033	-31.46%	15,999
Chippewa	1,978	31.79%	3,764	60.50%	209	3.36%	104	1.67%	70	1.13%	57	0.92%	40	0.64%	-1,786	-28.70%	6,222
Chisago	9,279	30.70%	18,441	61.00%	1,213	4.01%	496	1.64%	317	1.05%	263	0.87%	220	0.73%	-9,162	-30.31%	30,229
Clay	12,974	44.12%	13,549	46.07%	1,486	5.05%	424	1.44%	416	1.41%	259	0.88%	299	1.02%	-575	-1.96%	29,407
Clearwater	1,100	25.91%	2,925	68.90%	94	2.21%	36	0.85%	33	0.78%	37	0.87%	20	0.47%	-1,825	-42.99%	4,245
Cook	1,912	56.32%	1,156	34.05%	105	3.09%	63	1.86%	77	2.27%	47	1.38%	35	1.03%	756	22.27%	3,395
Cottonwood	1,678	29.33%	3,679	64.31%	150	2.62%	86	1.50%	41	0.72%	63	1.10%	24	0.42%	-2,001	-34.98%	5,721
Crow Wing	10,982	30.64%	22,287	62.18%	1,174	3.28%	498	1.39%	311	0.87%	316	0.88%	274	0.76%	-11,305	-31.54%	35,842
Dakota	110,251	48.31%	99,624	43.65%	9,867	4.32%	1,501	0.66%	2,678	1.17%	1,741	0.76%	2,574	1.13%	10,627	4.66%	228,236
Dodge	3,102	29.12%	6,527	61.26%	454	4.26%	266	2.50%	98	0.92%	117	1.10%	90	0.84%	-3,425	-32.15%	10,654
Douglas	6,227	28.58%	13,966	64.11%	781	3.59%	324	1.49%	167	0.77%	158	0.73%	162	0.74%	-7,739	-35.52%	21,785
Faribault	2,153	29.05%	4,659	62.86%	271	3.66%	132	1.78%	63	0.85%	77	1.04%	57	0.77%	-2,506	-33.81%	7,412
Fillmore	3,872	35.02%	6,271	56.73%	409	3.70%	216	1.95%	103	0.93%	106	0.96%	78	0.71%	-2,399	-21.70%	11,055
Freeborn	6,041	37.64%	8,808	54.88%	511	3.18%	258	1.61%	169	1.05%	142	0.88%	122	0.76%	-2,767	-17.24%	16,051
Goodhue	9,446	36.73%	14,041	54.60%	1,130	4.39%	420	1.63%	262	1.02%	239	0.93%	179	0.70%	-4,595	-17.87%	25,717
Grant	1,104	31.80%	2,063	59.42%	159	4.58%	69	1.99%	27	0.78%	31	0.89%	19	0.55%	-959	-27.62%	3,472
Hennepin	429,283	63.13%	191,768	28.20%	24,400	3.59%	12,270	1.80%	10,310	1.52%	4,614	0.68%	7,325	1.08%	237,515	34.93%	679,970
Houston	4,145	39.09%	5,616	52.96%	394	3.72%	138	1.30%	135	1.27%	87	0.82%	89	0.84%	-1,471	-13.87%	10,604
Hubbard	3,432	29.79%	7,269	63.09%	342	2.97%	154	1.34%	132	1.15%	93	0.81%	100	0.87%	-3,837	-33.30%	11,522
Isanti	5,656	26.91%	13,635	64.88%	765	3.64%	418	1.99%	219	1.04%	182	0.87%	140	0.67%	-7,979	-37.97%	21,015
Itasca	9,015	37.75%	12,920	54.10%	792	3.32%	355	1.49%	274	1.15%	294	1.23%	230	0.96%	-3,905	-16.35%	23,880
Jackson	1,492	27.21%	3,609	65.81%	181	3.30%	81	1.48%	49	0.89%	41	0.75%	31	0.57%	-2,117	-38.60%	5,484
Kanabec	2,327	28.46%	5,230	63.96%	298	3.64%	115	1.41%	81	0.99%	74	0.90%	52	0.64%	-2,903	-35.50%	8,177
Kandiyohi	7,266	33.37%	12,785	58.72%	927	4.26%	347	1.59%	164	0.75%	159	0.73%	124	0.57%	-5,519	-25.35%	21,772
Kittson	823	34.51%	1,349	56.56%	121	5.07%	28	1.17%	15	0.63%	27	1.13%	22	0.92%	-526	-22.05%	2,385
Koochiching	2,306	36.24%	3,569	56.09%	207	3.25%	87	1.37%	69	1.08%	75	1.18%	50	0.79%	-1,263	-19.85%	6,363
Lac qui Parle	1,301	33.73%	2,294	59.48%	106	2.75%	61	1.58%	33	0.86%	41	1.06%	21	0.54%	-993	-25.75%	3,857
Lake	3,077	47.19%	2,932	44.96%	215	3.30%	93	1.43%	93	1.43%	62	0.95%	49	0.75%	145	2.22%	6,521
Lake of the Woods	553	24.67%	1,540	68.69%	67	2.99%	29	1.29%	16	0.71%	25	1.12%	12	0.54%	-987	-44.02%	2,242
Le Sueur	4,623	30.88%	9,182	61.33%	514	3.43%	265	1.77%	146	0.98%	137	0.92%	104	0.69%	-4,559	-30.45%	14,971
Lincoln	860	28.50%	1,930	63.95%	112	3.71%	59	1.95%	18	0.60%	23	0.76%	16	0.53%	-1,070	-35.45%	3,018
Lyon	3,825	31.31%	7,256	59.40%	523	4.28%	286	2.34%	115	0.94%	124	1.02%	86	0.70%	-3,431	-28.09%	12,215
Mahnomen	930	42.33%	991	45.11%	54	2.46%	30	1.37%	34	1.55%	35	1.59%	123	5.60%	-61	-2.78%	2,197
Marshall	1,225	25.48%	3,208	66.72%	204	4.24%	85	1.77%	30	0.62%	42	0.87%	14	0.29%	-1,983	-41.24%	4,808
Martin	2,733	26.05%	7,062	67.31%	343	3.27%	169	1.61%	79	0.75%	83	0.79%	23	0.22%	-4,329	-41.26%	10,492
McLeod	4,978	26.55%	12,155	64.84%	857	4.57%	372	1.98%	135	0.72%	187	1.00%	62	0.33%	-7,177	-38.29%	18,746
Meeker	3,192	25.99%	8,103	65.97%	449	3.66%	244	1.99%	94	0.77%	116	0.94%	85	0.69%	-4,911	-39.98%	12,283
Mille Lacs	3,709	28.50%	8,340	64.07%	451	3.46%	199	1.53%	128	0.98%	121	0.93%	68	0.52%	-4,631	-35.58%	13,016
Morrison	3,637	20.65%	12,925	73.38%	442	2.51%	246	1.40%	146	0.83%	138	0.78%	80	0.45%	-9,288	-52.73%	17,614
Mower	7,444	42.00%	8,826	49.79%	620	3.50%	316	1.78%	191	1.08%	189	1.07%	139	0.78%	-1,382	-7.80%	17,725
Murray	1,295	27.74%	2,974	63.71%	203	4.35%	106	2.27%	22	0.47%	42	0.90%	26	0.56%	-1,679	-35.97%	4,668
Nicollet	7,886	43.58%	8,436	46.62%	831	4.59%	336	1.86%	250	1.38%	175	0.97%	182	1.01%	-550	-3.04%	18,096
Nobles	2,733	31.66%	5,299	61.39%	258	2.99%	168	1.95%	40	0.46%	93	1.08%	41	0.47%	-2,566	-29.73%	8,632
Norman	1,264	38.76%	1,699	52.10%	161	4.94%	41	1.26%	29	0.89%	38	1.17%	29	0.89%	-435	-13.34%	3,261
Olmsted	36,266	45.26%	35,668	44.51%	3,547	4.43%	2,016	2.52%	1,117	1.39%	664	0.83%	849	1.06%	598	0.75%	80,127
Otter Tail	9,339	28.74%	20,939	64.43%	1,000	3.08%	531	1.63%	245	0.75%	230	0.71%	215	0.66%	-11,600	-35.69%	32,499
Pennington	2,146	31.96%	4,000	59.58%	315	4.69%	104	1.55%	46	0.69%	60	0.89%	43	0.64%	-1,854	-27.61%	6,714
Pine	4,580	33.16%	8,191	59.31%	473	3.42%	192	1.39%	147	1.06%	146	1.06%	82	0.59%	-3,611	-26.15%	13,811
Pipestone	1,127	23.44%	3,338	69.43%	131	2.72%	99	2.06%	44	0.92%	40	0.83%	29	0.60%	-2,211	-45.99%	4,808
Polk	4,712	31.85%	8,979	60.69%	517	3.49%	235	1.59%	124	0.84%	131	0.89%	98	0.66%	-4,267	-28.84%	14,796
Pope	2,106	33.33%	3,793	60.03%	221	3.50%	88	1.39%	43	0.68%	43	0.68%	25	0.40%	-1,687	-26.70%	6,319
Ramsey	176,929	65.24%	70,778	26.10%	9,608	3.54%	5,000	1.84%	4,560	1.68%	2,312	0.85%	2,013	0.74%	106,151	39.14%	271,200
Red Lake	540	28.71%	1,141	60.66%	100	5.32%	45	2.39%	23	1.22%	22	1.17%	10	0.53%	-601	-31.95%	1,881
Redwood	1,887	24.79%	5,137	67.49%	242	3.18%	147	1.93%	77	1.01%	76	1.00%	45	0.59%	-3,250	-42.70%	7,611
Renville	2,117	27.83%	4,890	64.29%	244	3.21%	148	1.95%	66	0.87%	98	1.29%	43	0.57%	-2,773	-36.46%	7,606
Rice	14,437	44.50%	15,429	47.56%	1,230	3.79%	498	1.53%	386	1.19%	237	0.73%	226	0.70%	-992	-3.06%	32,443
Rock	1,373	28.37%	3,091	63.88%	155	3.20%	97	2.00%	40	0.83%	51	1.05%	32	0.66%	-1,718	-35.50%	4,839
Roseau	1,856	23.78%	5,451	69.85%	220	2.82%	126	1.61%	42	0.54%	72	0.92%	37	0.47%	-3,595	-46.07%	7,804
Saint Louis	57,769	51.39%	44,631	39.70%	4,366	3.88%	1,528	1.36%	1,878	1.67%	1,087	0.97%	1,162	1.03%	13,138	11.69%	112,421
Scott	28,502	37.53%	39,948	52.59%	3,400	4.48%	1,296	1.71%	740	0.97%	906	1.19%	1,162	1.53%	-11,446	-15.07%	75,954
Sherburne	13,299	27.32%	31,049	63.79%	1,927	3.96%	850	1.75%	457	0.94%	455	0.93%	640	1.31%	-17,750	-36.46%	48,677
Sibley	1,954	25.14%	5,193	66.80%	291	3.74%	163	2.10%	64	0.82%	47	0.60%	62	0.80%	-3,239	-41.66%	7,774
Stearns	25,575	32.13%	47,618	59.83%	2,972	3.73%	1,281	1.61%	954	1.20%	585	0.73%	607	0.76%	-22,043	-27.69%	79,592
Steele	6,239	32.53%	11,198	58.39%	808	4.21%	396	2.06%	208	1.08%	191	1.00%	137	0.71%	-4,959	-25.86%	19,177
Stevens	2,116	39.19%	2,800	51.86%	205	3.80%	112	2.07%	69	1.28%	48	0.89%	49	0.91%	-684	-12.67%	5,399
Swift	1,679	33.61%	2,962	59.29%	153	3.06%	80	1.60%	33	0.66%	61	1.22%	28	0.56%	-1,283	-25.68%	4,996
Todd	2,783	23.21%	8,485	70.75%	287	2.39%	194	1.62%	96	0.80%	99	0.83%	49	0.41%	-5,702	-47.54%	11,993
Traverse	631	35.04%	1,050	58.30%	41	2.28%	31	1.72%	16	0.89%	22	1.22%	10	0.56%	-419	-23.26%	1,801
Wabasha	3,866	32.67%	6,989	59.07%	467	3.95%	218	1.84%	127	1.07%	97	0.82%	68	0.57%	-3,123	-26.39%	11,832
Wadena	1,684	24.29%	4,837	69.76%	164	2.37%	106	1.53%	58	0.84%	45	0.65%	40	0.58%	-3,153	-45.47%	6,934
Waseca	2,838	29.40%	5,967	61.81%	387	4.01%	184	1.91%	106	1.10%	97	1.00%	74	0.77%	-3,129	-32.41%	9,653
Washington	67,086	46.51%	64,429	44.67%	6,180	4.28%	2,718	1.88%	1,478	1.02%	952	0.66%	1,393	0.97%	2,657	1.84%	144,236
Watonwan	1,814	36.29%	2,768	55.38%	156	3.12%	107	2.14%	52	1.04%	74	1.48%	27	0.54%	-954	-19.09%	4,998
Wilkin	893	27.04%	2,129	64.48%	146	4.42%	48	1.45%	34	1.03%	29	0.88%	23	0.70%	-1,236	-37.43%	3,302
Winona	11,366	43.59%	12,122	46.49%	1,165	4.47%	414	1.59%	531	2.04%	254	0.97%	222	0.85%	-756	-2.90%	26,074
Wright	20,336	29.21%	43,274	62.16%	3,002	4.31%	1,392	2.00%	547	0.79%	603	0.87%	466	0.67%	-22,938	-32.95%	69,620
Yellow Medicine	1,524	28.89%	3,382	64.10%	163	3.09%	93	1.76%	37	0.70%	54	1.02%	23	0.44%	-1,858	-35.22%	5,276
Totals	1,367,716	46.44%	1,322,951	44.92%	112,972	3.84%	53,076	1.80%	36,985	1.26%	23,850	0.81%	27,263	0.93%	44,765	1.52%	2,944,813

Results by congressional district

Trump won five of eight congressional districts.[17]

District	Clinton	Trump	Representative
1st	38%	53%	Tim Walz
2nd	45%	46%	Jason Lewis
3rd	50%	41%	Erik Paulsen
4th	61%	30%	Betty McCollum
5th	73%	18%	Keith Ellison
6th	33%	59%	Tom Emmer
7th	31%	61%	Collin Peterson
8th	38%	54%	Rick Nolan

Source:[18]

See also

• 2016 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums
• 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries
• 2016 Republican Party presidential debates and forums
• 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries

References

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12. http://www.sos.state.mn.us/media/2741/2016-minnesota-registered-write-ins-federal-offices-complete-and-final-list.pdf
13. http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/
14. "Why one Minnesota county voted Republican for the first time since 1928". MPR News. 2016-11-14. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
15. Keen, Judy (2018-11-17). "Will Minnesota be a tossup state in 2020 elections?". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
16. Our Campaigns; Our Campaigns: MN US President, November 08, 2016
17. https://www.cookpolitical.com/introducing-2017-cook-political-report-partisan-voter-index
18. Simon, Steve (29 November 2016). "State of Minnesota Canvassing Report" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. State of Minnesota. Retrieved 2 December 2016.

External links

• RNC 2016 Republican Nominating Process
• Green papers for 2016 primaries, caucuses, and conventions
• Decision Desk Headquarter Results for Minnesota