- Lead
- 5,082
- Total
- 27,299
- vs nation
- D+20.1
Minnesota State House District 47B
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,554
- Total
- 25,760
- vs nation
- D+13.2
- Lead
- 1,661
- Total
- 20,258
- vs nation
- D+6.1
- Lead
- 1,513
- Total
- 20,072
- vs nation
- D+3.7
- Lead
- 2,173
- Total
- 19,425
- vs nation
- D+3.9
- Lead
- 605
- Total
- 18,113
- vs nation
- D+5.8
- Lead
- 720
- Total
- 15,004
- vs nation
- D+4.3
- Lead
- 2,716
- Total
- 12,436
- vs nation
- D+13.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+18.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,6252024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,845 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 23.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $143,7032024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 71.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 6.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+39.8 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54.2 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 42A, MN · twin score 97.9
presidential history
Party record book
Minnesota State House District 47B · 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
69.8%
2,732 votes · D+39.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 63.1%
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
76.3%
403 votes · R+54.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 70.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
15,832votes
58.0% of the vote · D+18.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 14,899 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
10,750votes
39.4% of the vote · D+18.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 10,345 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
Hubert Humphrey1968
+25.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+25.1 · U.S. R+0.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Walter Mondale, 1984 · +24.3 pts
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
+34.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+54.2 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · +28.0 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 | 54.8%13,769 | 45.2%11,370 | 25,139 |
| 2020 | D | 52.7%12,375 | 47.3%11,108 | 23,483 |
Minnesota House District 47B delivers consistent Democratic margins in presidential cycles, reflecting the suburban and mid-density character typical of districts in the Twin Cities metro orbit. Its 42,625 residents have trended toward double-digit Democratic advantages in recent elections.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 39.8 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 54.2 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.9 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.6 points.
A population of 42,625, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $143,703 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 42A and State House District 49B.
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 47B. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/2747B/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.