- Lead
- 2,463
- Total
- 20,712
- vs nation
- D+13.4
Minnesota State House District 18B
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,044
- Total
- 20,716
- vs nation
- D+15.1
- Lead
- 1,623
- Total
- 19,851
- vs nation
- D+6.1
- Lead
- 4,557
- Total
- 20,525
- vs nation
- D+18.3
- Lead
- 5,441
- Total
- 21,118
- vs nation
- D+18.5
- Lead
- 3,244
- Total
- 19,714
- vs nation
- D+18.9
- Lead
- 1,575
- Total
- 16,157
- vs nation
- D+9.2
- Lead
- 3,638
- Total
- 15,314
- vs nation
- D+15.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+11.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,6842024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,145 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 19.9 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $67,3162024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 77.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 8.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+29.3 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+51.0 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 44, ND · twin score 91.2
presidential history
Party record book
Minnesota State House District 18B · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
63.6%
5,269 votes · D+29.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 62.8%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
73.1%
4,504 votes · R+51.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 64.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
12,935votes
61.3% of the vote · D+25.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 12,121 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
8,873votes
42.8% of the vote · D+11.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 8,042 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
George McGovern1972
+27.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+4.5 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Michael Dukakis, 1988 · +22.2 pts
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
+24.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+51.0 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1944 · +23.9 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 47.2%10,143 | 52.8%11,343 | 21,486 |
| 2020 | D | 55.4%11,111 | 44.6%8,951 | 20,062 |
Minnesota State House District 18B sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 29.3 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 51.0 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 7.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 11.9 points.
A population of 42,684, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,316 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 44 and State House District 21.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
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.
District research tools
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Minnesota State House District 18B. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/2718B/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.