- Lead
- 6,213
- Total
- 24,574
- vs nation
- D+26.8
Minnesota State House District 47A
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 6,703
- Total
- 25,908
- vs nation
- D+21.4
- Lead
- 3,903
- Total
- 23,412
- vs nation
- D+14.6
- Lead
- 3,556
- Total
- 23,401
- vs nation
- D+11.3
- Lead
- 3,988
- Total
- 22,871
- vs nation
- D+10.2
- Lead
- 2,114
- Total
- 21,594
- vs nation
- D+12.2
- Lead
- 1,640
- Total
- 18,363
- vs nation
- D+8.4
- Lead
- 3,638
- Total
- 15,804
- vs nation
- D+14.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+25.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,2312024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,455 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 17.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $110,7062024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 69.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 8.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+31.7 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56.5 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 40A, MN · twin score 96.9
presidential history
Party record book
Minnesota State House District 47A · 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
65.7%
4,842 votes · D+31.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 61.8%
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
76.6%
828 votes · R+56.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 68.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
16,018votes
61.8% of the vote · D+25.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 15,087 votes
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
9,697votes
41.4% of the vote · D+15.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 9,620 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
Kamala Harris2024
+26.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+25.3 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Walter Mondale, 1984 · +24.6 pts
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
+36.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+56.5 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · +27.3 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 | D | 58.0%13,861 | 42.0%10,021 | 23,882 |
| 2020 | D | 52.7%9,443 | 47.3%8,469 | 17,912 |
District 47A delivers presidential margins exceeding 25 points, reflecting a densely Democratic-leaning suburban or urban electorate that has shown little volatility in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 31.7 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 56.5 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 25.3 points.
A population of 42,231, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $110,706 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 40A and State House District 49A.
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 47A. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/2747A/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.