- Lead
- 10,643
- Total
- 25,951
- vs nation
- R+39.5
Minnesota State House District 27A
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 9,777
- Total
- 24,956
- vs nation
- R+43.6
- Lead
- 9,163
- Total
- 21,756
- vs nation
- R+44.2
- Lead
- 5,912
- Total
- 20,699
- vs nation
- R+32.4
- Lead
- 4,966
- Total
- 20,028
- vs nation
- R+32.1
- Lead
- 5,418
- Total
- 18,473
- vs nation
- R+26.9
- Lead
- 2,956
- Total
- 13,706
- vs nation
- R+22.1
- Lead
- 234
- Total
- 10,227
- vs nation
- R+6.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+41.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,6852024 5-year
- Population density
- 154 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 277 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $115,2842024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 90.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+21.2 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+79.5 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 27B, MN · twin score 97.5
presidential history
Party record book
Minnesota State House District 27A · 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
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
60.5%
1,535 votes · D+21.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Jimmy Carter, 1976 · 55.0%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
87.3%
1,285 votes · R+79.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 · 86.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
7,401votes
28.5% of the vote · R+41.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 7,305 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
18,044votes
69.5% of the vote · R+41.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 17,069 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
+13.3pts D vs U.S.
Place R+9.9 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Jimmy Carter, 1976 · +11.3 pts
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
+56.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+75.6 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · +53.3 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 | 30.7%7,284 | 69.3%16,440 | 23,724 |
| 2020 | R | 29.1%6,599 | 70.9%16,085 | 22,684 |
Anchored in rural southwest Minnesota, District 27A delivered a 41.0-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, reflecting the heavily agricultural, small-town demographics that define this corner of the state.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 21.2 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 79.5 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 41.0 points.
A population of 42,685, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $115,284 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 27B and State House District 28B.
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 27A. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/2727A/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.