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Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
presidential margin
2008D+13.82012D+11.82016D+12.72020D+19.32024D+16.8
full record · 1892 → 2024
D+16.8
2024
median income$100,194U.S. $80,734 · MN $89,062
median age38.0U.S. 39.1
poverty rate8.2%U.S. 12.5%
bachelor’s+ (25+)45.3%U.S. 35.6%
non-english15.2%U.S. 22.3%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
German27.0%
Irish10.8%
Norwegian10.3%
African American†5.0%
Somali1.4%
Ethiopian0.8%
Hmong2.6%
Asian Indian1.1%
Chinese0.7%
Mexican4.1%
Ecuadorian0.4%
Puerto Rican0.3%
religion
other traditions
Mainline10.3%
Muslim2.9%
Jewish0.6%
Latter-day Saints0.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents, unaffiliated is the unclaimed remainder.

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, Minnesota

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Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WIHarrisD+16.8
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2024 presidential margin by county for Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, MNA map of the constituent counties of Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, MN, each outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states.Anoka County, MN · R+4.4Carver County, MN · R+5.4Chisago County, MN · R+31.3Dakota County, MN · D+12.8Hennepin County, MN · D+42.4Isanti County, MN · R+41.1Le Sueur County, MN · R+33.6Mille Lacs County, MN · R+40.8Ramsey County, MN · D+43.1Scott County, MN · R+8.5Sherburne County, MN · R+34.8Washington County, MN · D+8.9Wright County, MN · R+29.2Pierce County, WI · R+16.7St. Croix County, WI · R+19.2
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic57.1%1,213,755
Donald TrumpRepublican40.3%856,984
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.We The People2.6%54,769
D+60
R+60
15 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
County-level results (15 counties) — table
2024 presidential result by county for Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, MN — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Anoka County, MNRepublicanR+4.4
Carver County, MNRepublicanR+5.4
Chisago County, MNRepublicanR+31.3
Dakota County, MNDemocraticD+12.8
Hennepin County, MNDemocraticD+42.4
Isanti County, MNRepublicanR+41.1
Le Sueur County, MNRepublicanR+33.6
Mille Lacs County, MNRepublicanR+40.8
Pierce County, WIRepublicanR+16.7
Ramsey County, MNDemocraticD+43.1
Scott County, MNRepublicanR+8.5
Sherburne County, MNRepublicanR+34.8
St. Croix County, WIRepublicanR+19.2
Washington County, MNDemocraticD+8.9
Wright County, MNRepublicanR+29.2
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
D
57.1%Harris1,213,755
40.3%Trump856,984
2.6%Kennedy54,769
+16.8%
2,125,508
D
58.5%Biden1,259,771
39.2%Trump843,877
2.4%Jorgensen51,175
+19.3%
2,154,823
D
51.9%Clinton992,990
39.3%Trump750,718
8.8%Johnson168,007
+12.7%
1,911,715
D
54.7%Obama1,041,062
43.0%Romney817,216
2.3%Johnson43,688
+11.8%
1,901,966
D
55.9%Obama1,039,202
42.2%McCain783,297
1.9%Nader35,644
+13.8%
1,858,143
D
52.9%Kerry942,996
46.0%Bush819,666
1.2%Nader21,068
+6.9%
1,783,730
D
49.9%Gore755,209
43.6%Bush660,127
6.5%Nader98,096
+6.3%
1,513,432
D
52.8%Clinton701,279
33.8%Dole448,222
13.4%Perot177,512
+19.1%
1,327,013
D
45.2%Clinton642,441
30.6%Bush434,682
24.2%Perot344,372
+14.6%
1,421,495
D
54.5%Dukakis677,241
44.5%Bush553,902
1.0%McCarthy12,247
+9.9%
1,243,390
D
51.6%Mondale615,342
47.7%Reagan569,262
0.6%Larouche7,684
+3.9%
1,192,288
D
48.6%Carter552,129
38.9%Reagan441,848
12.5%Anderson142,152
+9.7%
1,136,129
D
55.5%Carter590,491
41.5%Ford441,692
3.0%McCarthy32,157
+14.0%
1,064,340
R
47.2%McGovern440,188
50.5%Nixon471,070
2.3%Schmitz21,460
−3.3%
932,718
D
56.4%Humphrey469,406
39.1%Nixon325,224
4.5%Wallace37,850
+17.3%
832,480
D
64.3%Johnson512,100
35.4%Goldwater281,912
0.3%Hass2,143
+28.9%
796,155
D
51.7%Kennedy392,405
48.0%Nixon364,640
0.3%Byrd2,009
+3.7%
759,054
R
46.7%Stevenson302,115
53.1%Eisenhower343,134
0.2%Andrews1,370
−6.3%
646,619
R
47.5%Stevenson308,901
51.9%Eisenhower337,500
0.5%Hallinan3,459
−4.4%
649,860
D
56.7%Truman308,022
40.4%Dewey219,312
2.9%Thurmond15,851
+16.3%
543,185
D
54.1%Roosevelt275,413
45.0%Dewey229,072
0.9%Thomas4,441
+9.1%
508,926
D
52.0%Roosevelt276,426
47.0%Willkie249,589
1.0%Thomas5,155
+5.1%
531,170
D
59.4%Roosevelt289,039
30.7%Landon149,674
9.9%Lemke48,173
+28.6%
486,886
D
58.3%Roosevelt249,434
38.6%Hoover165,189
3.0%Thomas13,018
+19.7%
427,641
R
42.8%Smith180,092
56.2%Hoover236,734
1.0%Thomas4,103
−13.5%
420,929
R
7.7%Davis25,829
52.8%Coolidge177,635
39.5%La Follette132,877
−45.1%
336,341
R
22.3%Cox63,605
65.9%Harding188,289
11.8%Debs33,707
−43.7%
285,601
D
51.9%Wilson77,871
42.2%Hughes63,259
5.9%Benson8,861
+9.7%
149,991
O
34.0%Wilson40,987
22.6%Taft27,268
43.4%Roosevelt52,415
Roosevelt +9.5
120,670
R
34.7%Bryan41,452
58.7%Taft70,193
6.6%Debs7,863
−24.0%
119,508
R
18.7%Parker20,181
73.1%Roosevelt79,029
8.3%Debs8,958
−54.4%
108,168
R
35.5%Bryan40,384
60.8%McKinley69,233
3.8%Woolley4,284
−25.3%
113,901
R
39.6%Bryan50,437
58.0%McKinley73,751
2.4%Palmer3,033
−18.3%
127,221
R
42.0%Cleveland45,142
47.2%Harrison50,816
10.8%Weaver11,600
−5.3%
107,558
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1892 to 2024. Most recent: +16.8% in 2024.flipped D · 1976+16.8%DR18922024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1892−5.3%
1896−18.3%
1900−25.3%
1904−54.4%
1908−24.0%
1912+11.4%
1916+9.7%
1920−43.7%
1924−45.1%
1928−13.5%
1932+19.7%
1936+28.6%
1940+5.1%
1944+9.1%
1948+16.3%
1952−4.4%
1956−6.3%
1960+3.7%
1964+28.9%
1968+17.3%
1972−3.3%
1976+14.0%
1980+9.7%
1984+3.9%
1988+9.9%
1992+14.6%
1996+19.1%
2000+6.3%
2004+6.9%
2008+13.8%
2012+11.8%
2016+12.7%
2020+19.3%
2024+16.8%
DemocraticRepublican

Home to roughly 3.7 million residents, the Minneapolis–St. Paul metro generates a Democratic-leaning vote share that routinely offsets rural outstate margins, making it the decisive weight in statewide contests.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 28.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 54.4 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.8 points.

A population of 3,713,668, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $100,194 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA and Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA.

Political twins — metros

The metros whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
90.2twin score
2000–2020 trajectory≠ population scale
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
89.1twin score
population scale12-yr trend2020–2024 trajectory≠ % Asian
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
88.9twin score
population scale2020–2024 trajectory12-yr trend≠ Scottish ancestry

Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, Minnesota voted Democratic by 16.8 points (D+16.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,125,508 votes cast, 1,213,755 went Democratic and 856,984 went Republican.
When did Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, Minnesota last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, Minnesota voted Republican was 1972.
How many people live in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, Minnesota?
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, Minnesota has a population of 3,713,668 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, Minnesota?
Median household income in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, Minnesota is $100,194 — above the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, Minnesota from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 11 went Republican.