2020 United States presidential election in Minnesota

The 2020 United States presidential election in Minnesota was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated.[2] Minnesota voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris. Minnesota has 10 electoral votes in the Electoral College.[3]

2020 United States presidential election in Minnesota

November 3, 2020
Turnout79.96% (of eligible voters) [1]
 
Nominee Joe Biden Donald Trump
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Delaware Florida
Running mate Kamala Harris Mike Pence
Electoral vote 10 0
Popular vote 1,717,077 1,484,065
Percentage 52.40% 45.28%

County Results

President before election

Donald Trump
Republican

Elected President

Joe Biden
Democratic

Polls of Minnesota voters throughout the campaign showed a clear Biden lead. Prior to the election, 15 out of 16 news organizations projected Minnesota as leaning towards Biden, or a lean blue state. Minnesota was ultimately carried by Biden by a 7.12% margin, significantly improving over Hillary Clinton's narrow 1.52% margin in 2016. Biden's win marked the twelfth consecutive Democratic presidential win in the state, which has not voted for a Republican since Richard Nixon in 1972. Biden's comfortable margin notwithstanding, Minnesota was the state that came second-closest to flipping from blue to red in 2020, with only Nevada coming closer.

Biden flipped four counties Trump carried in 2016: Clay, Nicollet, Blue Earth, and Winona, all of which were won by Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012. Key to Biden's success was his performance in the Twin Cities metro area;[4] he outperformed both Clinton and Obama (in either 2008 or 2012) there. His vote share in Hennepin was the highest of any nominee's since Theodore Roosevelt's in 1904. He also improved on Clinton's performance in the Iron Range,[5] although his performance in St Louis, Lake, and Carlton Counties was still well below what Democrats had historically been getting since the New Deal realignment up through 2012. In fact, this was the first time a Republican received greater than 70% of the vote in a Northern Minnesota county since Herbert Hoover in 1928.

In addition, Biden managed to flip Minnesota's 2nd congressional district, which houses some of the Twin Cities' southern suburbs, by 6.8 points, after Trump narrowly won it by 1.2 points in the last election.

Per exit polls by the Associated Press, Biden carried 51% of Whites and 55% of union households.[6] Trump's areas of strength were in the more rural regions of Greater Minnesota.[7]

Primary elections

Republican primary

The Republican primary took place on March 3, 2020. Donald Trump and Bill Weld were among the declared Republican candidates.

2020 Minnesota Republican primary[8][9]
Candidate Votes % Delegates
Donald Trump 137,275 97.7 39
Bill Weld (write-in) 443 0.0 0
Rocky De La Fuente (write-in) 16 0.0 0
Other write-ins 2,821 2.3 0
Total 140,555 100.0 39 (of 39)

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary took place on March 3, 2020. Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and former Vice President Joe Biden were among the major declared candidates.[10] Amy Klobuchar, U.S. Senator from Minnesota since 2007, expressed interest in running, and formally declared her candidacy in February 2019,[11][12][13] but then withdrew prior to Minnesota's race.

Biden won the most delegates.[14]

Popular vote share by county
Popular vote share by congressional district

15 candidates and an uncommitted option were on the ballot.[15] Candidates' names remain on the ballot even if the candidate has suspended/ended his/her campaign before the primary.

2020 Minnesota Democratic presidential primary[16]
Candidate Votes % Delegates[17]
Joe Biden 287,553 38.64 38
Bernie Sanders 222,431 29.89 27
Elizabeth Warren 114,674 15.41 10
Michael Bloomberg 61,882 8.32 0
Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn†) 41,530 5.58 0
Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn†) 7,616 1.02 0
Tulsi Gabbard 2,504 0.34 0
Andrew Yang (withdrawn†) 1,749 0.24 0
Tom Steyer (withdrawn†) 551 0.07 0
Michael Bennet (withdrawn†) 315 0.04 0
Marianne Williamson (withdrawn) 226 0.03 0
Cory Booker (withdrawn) 197 0.03 0
John Delaney (withdrawn†) 172 0.02 0
Julian Castro (withdrawn) 114 0.02 0
Deval Patrick (withdrawn†) 72 0.01 0
Uncommitted 2,612 0.35 0
Total 744,198 100% 75
†Candidate withdrew after no-excuse, in-person absentee voting started on January 17, 2020.

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Princeton Electoral Consortium[18] Safe D September 17, 2020
The Cook Political Report[19] Lean D September 10, 2020
Inside Elections[20] Likely D September 4, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[21] Likely D October 1, 2020
Politico[22] Lean D September 8, 2020
RCP[23] Tossup October 25, 2020
Niskanen[24] Likely D July 26, 2020
CNN[25] Lean D August 3, 2020
The Economist[26] Likely D September 2, 2020
CBS News[27] Lean D August 16, 2020
270towin[28] Lean D August 2, 2020
ABC News[29] Lean D July 31, 2020
NPR[30] Lean D August 3, 2020
NBC News[31] Lean D August 6, 2020
FiveThirtyEight[32] Safe D November 1, 2020
JHK Forecasts[33] Safe D November 3, 2020

Polling

Graphical summary

Aggregate polls

Source of poll
aggregation
Dates
administered
Dates
updated
Joe
Biden

Democratic
Donald
Trump

Republican
Other/
Undecided
[lower-alpha 1]
Margin
270 to Win October 11–30, 2020 November 1, 2020 50.6% 42.2% 7.2% Biden +8.4
Real Clear Politics October 15–27, 2020 November 1, 2020 48.0% 43.7% 8.3% Biden +4.3
FiveThirtyEight until October 31, 2020 November 1, 2020 51.7% 42.6% 5.7% Biden +9.1
Average 50.1% 42.8% 7.1% Biden +7.3
Polls
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump

Republican
Joe
Biden

Democratic
Jo
Jorgensen

Libertarian
Howie
Hawkins

Green
Other Undecided
SurveyMonkey/Axios Oct 20 – Nov 2, 2020 3,031 (LV) ± 2.5% 41%[lower-alpha 3] 56% - -
Research Co. Oct 31 – Nov 1, 2020 450 (LV) ± 4.6% 45% 54% - - 1%[lower-alpha 4] 4%
Data for Progress Oct 27 – Nov 1, 2020 1,259 (LV) ± 2.8% 43% 51% 4% 2% 1%[lower-alpha 5]
Swayable Oct 23 – Nov 1, 2020 466 (LV) ± 5.9% 43% 53% 4% 0%
Morning Consult Oct 22–31, 2020 883 (LV) ± 3.0% 42% 52% - -
Public Policy Polling Oct 29–30, 2020 770 (V) 43% 54% - - 2%[lower-alpha 6] 1%
Targoz Market Research/PollSmart Oct 25–30, 2020 1,138 (LV) 44% 53% - - 3%[lower-alpha 7]
St. Cloud State University Oct 10–29, 2020 372 (A) ± 6.7% 39% 54% - -
SurveyMonkey/Axios Oct 1–28, 2020 5,498 (LV) 42% 55% - -
SurveyUSA/KSTP/ABC6 News Oct 23–27, 2020 649 (LV) ± 4.3% 42% 47% - - 5%[lower-alpha 8] 6%
Gravis Marketing Oct 24–26, 2020 657 (LV) ± 3.8% 39% 53% - - 8%
Trafalgar Group Oct 24–25, 2020 1,065 (LV) ± 2.92% 45% 48% 2% - 4%[lower-alpha 9] 1%
Civiqs/Daily Kos Oct 17–20, 2020 840 (LV) ± 3.6% 43% 53% - - 3%[lower-alpha 10] 1%
SurveyUSA/KSTP Oct 16–20, 2020 625 (LV) ± 5% 42% 48% - -
Morning Consult Oct 11–20, 2020 864 (LV) ± 3.3% 42% 51% - -
Change Research/MinnPost Oct 12–15, 2020[lower-alpha 11] 1,021 (LV) ± 3.1% 44% 49% 2% 0% 2%[lower-alpha 12] 2%
David Binder Research/Focus on Rural America Oct 10–13, 2020 200 (LV) 41% 52% - -
Morning Consult Oct 2–11, 2020 898 (LV) ± 3.3% 44% 50% - -
SurveyUSA/ABC6 News Oct 1–6, 2020 929 (LV) ± 3.9% 40% 47% - - 3%[lower-alpha 13] 10%
SurveyMonkey/Axios Sep 1–30, 2020 2,808 (LV) 43% 55% - - 2%
Suffolk University Sep 20–24, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 40% 47% 2% 0% 4%[lower-alpha 14] 6%
Mason-Dixon/StarTribune
/MPR News/KARE 11
Sep 21–23, 2020 800 (LV) ± 3.5% 42% 48% - - 2% 8%
Redfield & Wilton Strategies Sep 12–17, 2020 718 (LV) ± 3.66% 42% 51% 0% 0% 1%[lower-alpha 15] 5%
ABC/Washington Post Sep 8–13, 2020 615 (LV) ± 4.5% 41% 57% - - 1%[lower-alpha 16] 1%
Morning Consult Sep 4–13, 2020 643 (LV) ± 4% 44%[lower-alpha 17] 48% - - 2%[lower-alpha 18] 6%
YouGov/CBS Sep 9–11, 2020 1,087 (LV) ± 3.9% 41% 50% - - 2%[lower-alpha 19] 6%
Siena College/NYT Upshot Sep 8–10, 2020 814 (LV) ± 3.9% 41% 50% 2% 1% 0%[lower-alpha 20] 5%[lower-alpha 21]
SurveyUSA Sep 4–7, 2020 553 (LV) ± 5.2% 40% 49% - - 4%[lower-alpha 22] 7%
Morning Consult Aug 29 – Sep 7, 2020 649 (LV) ± (2%–4%) 44%[lower-alpha 23] 49% - -
PPP Sep 3–4, 2020 877 (V) ± 3.3% 44% 52% - - 3%[lower-alpha 24] 1%
Harper Polling/Jason Lewis[upper-alpha 1] Aug 30 – Sep 1, 2020 501 (LV) ± 4.38% 45% 48% 4%
SurveyMonkey/Axios Aug 1–31, 2020 1,939 (LV) 43% 56% - - 1%
Morning Consult Aug 21–30, 2020 647 (LV) ± (2%–4%) 43% 50% - -
Trafalgar Group Aug 15–18, 2020 1,141 (LV) ± 3.0% 47% 47% 4% - 1%[lower-alpha 25] 2%
Morning Consult Aug 7–16, 2020 615 (LV) ± (2%–4%) 42% 50% - -
Emerson College Aug 8–10, 2020 733 (LV) ± 3.6% 49%[lower-alpha 26] 51% - -
David Binder Research Jul 30–31, 2020 200 (LV) 36% 54% - -
SurveyMonkey/Axios Jul 1–31, 2020 2,288 (LV) 47% 51% - - 2%
Morning Consult Jul 17–26, 2020 662 (LV) ± 3.8% 44% 47% - -
Trafalgar Group Jul 23–25, 2020 1,129 (LV) ± 2.8% 44% 49% 2% - 3%[lower-alpha 27] 2%
Public Policy Polling/Giffords[upper-alpha 2] Jul 22–23, 2020 1,218 (V) ± 3.2% 42% 52% - - 6%
FOX News Jul 18–20, 2020 776 (RV) ± 3.5% 38% 51% - - 6%[lower-alpha 28] 6%
SurveyMonkey/Axios Jun 8–30, 2020 860 (LV) 42% 57% - - 1%
Gravis Marketing Jun 19, 2020 600 (RV) ± 4.0% 42%[lower-alpha 29] 58%[lower-alpha 30] - -
Morning Consult May 27– Jun 5, 2020 600 (LV) ± 4% 45% 48% - -
Harper Polling/Jason Lewis[upper-alpha 1] May 26–28, 2020 510 (LV) 42% 50% 8%
Morning Consult May 17–26, 2020 647 (LV) 42% 49% - -
Mason-Dixon/StarTribune
/MPR News/KARE 11
May 18–20, 2020 800 (RV) ± 3.5% 44% 49% - - 7%
Morning Consult May 7–16, 2020 600 (LV) ± 4% 38% 55% - -
Mason-Dixon/StarTribune Oct 14–16, 2019 800 (RV) ± 3.5% 38% 50% - - 12%
Former candidates
Donald Trump vs. Amy Klobuchar
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Amy
Klobuchar (D)
Other Undecided
Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc./StarTribune Oct 14–16, 2019 800 (RV) ± 3.5% 38% 55% 7%
DFM Research Feb 26 – Mar 3, 2019 550 (A) ± 4.2% 35% 52% 7%[lower-alpha 31] 6%[lower-alpha 32]
Donald Trump vs. Bernie Sanders
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Bernie
Sanders (D)
Other Undecided
Mason-Dixon/StarTribune Oct 14–16, 2019 800 (RV) ± 3.5% 40% 49% 11%
Donald Trump vs. Elizabeth Warren
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Elizabeth
Warren (D)
Other Undecided
Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc./StarTribune Oct 14–16, 2019 800 (RV) ± 3.5% 40% 51% 11%
Hypothetical polling
with Donald Trump and generic Democrat
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Generic
Democrat
Undecided
KFF/Cook Political Report Sep 23 – Oct 15, 2019 958 (RV) ± 4% 28% 41% 21%
Public Policy Polling[lower-alpha 33] Oct 4–6, 2019 1,175 (V) 42% 52% 6%
Public Policy Polling[lower-alpha 33] Jun 15–16, 2018 717 (V) 41% 51% 8%
with Donald Trump, generic Democrat, and Howard Schultz
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Generic
Democrat
Howard
Schultz (I)
Undecided
DFM Research Feb 26 – Mar 3, 2019 550 (A) ± 4.2% 35% 45% 6% 15%[lower-alpha 34]

Results

Results by precinct
2020 United States presidential election in Minnesota[34][35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Joe Biden
Kamala Harris
1,717,077 52.40% +5.96%
Republican Donald Trump
Mike Pence
1,484,065 45.28% +0.35%
Libertarian Jo Jorgensen
Spike Cohen
34,976 1.07% -2.77%
Green Howie Hawkins
Angela Walker
10,033 0.31% -0.95%
Independent Kanye West
Michelle Tidball
7,940 0.24% -
Independent Brock Pierce
Karla Ballard
5,651 0.17% -
Alliance Rocky De La Fuente
Darcy Richardson
5,611 0.17% -
Socialism and Liberation Gloria La Riva
Sunil Freeman
1,210 0.04% -
Socialist Workers Alyson Kennedy
Malcolm Jarrett
643 0.02% -0.04%
Write-in 9,965 0.3% -0.6%
Total votes 3,277,171 100%

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Results by congressional district

District Biden Trump Representative
1st 43% 53% Jim Hagedorn
2nd 52% 45% Angie Craig
3rd 58% 39% Dean Phillips
4th 67% 30% Betty McCollum
5th 80% 17% Ilhan Omar
6th 38% 58% Tom Emmer
7th 34% 63% Collin Peterson
Michelle Fischbach
8th 41% 56% Pete Stauber

See also

Notes

  1. Poll sponsored by Lewis' campaign
  2. Poll sponsored by Giffords, whose founder, Gabby Giffords, had endorsed Biden prior to the sampling period
Partisan clients
  1. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  2. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. Overlapping sample with the previous SurveyMonkey/Axios poll, but more information available regarding sample size
  4. "Someone else" with 1%
  5. "Other candidate or write-in" with 1%
  6. "Someone else" with 2%
  7. "Not sure/Someone else/Undecided" with 3%
  8. "Some other candidate" with 5%
  9. West (B) with 3%; "Someone else" with 1%
  10. "Someone else" with 3%
  11. Additional data sourced from FiveThirtyEight
  12. "Another Third Party Candidate" and West (B) with 1%; would not vote with 0%
  13. "Some other candidate" with 3%
  14. "Refused" with 2%; Fuente (A), "Other" and West (B) with 1%; Pierce (I) with 0%; Kennedy (SWP) and La Riva (PSOL) with no voters
  15. "Another Third Party/Write-in" with 1%
  16. "Neither" with 1%; "Other" and would not vote with 0%
  17. Overlapping sample with the previous Morning Consult poll, but more information available regarding sample size
  18. "Someone else" with 2%
  19. "Someone else/third party" with 2%
  20. "Someone else" and would not vote with 0%
  21. Includes "Refused"
  22. "Some other candidate" with 4%
  23. Overlapping sample with the previous Morning Consult poll, but more information available regarding sample size
  24. "Someone else" with 3%
  25. "Another Party Candidate" with 1%
  26. Including voters who lean towards a given candidate
  27. "Another Party Candidate"
  28. "Other" with 5%; would not vote with 1%
  29. Including undecided voters who lean towards Trump
  30. Including undecided voters who lean towards Biden
  31. For Howard Schultz as independent
  32. Listed as "unsure/other/refused"
  33. Poll sponsored by the Alliance for a Better Minnesota
  34. Listed as "unsure/other/refused"

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