- Lead
- 25,007
- Total
- 51,413
- vs nation
- D+50.1
Minnesota 46th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 26,477
- Total
- 54,154
- vs nation
- D+44.4
- Lead
- 19,250
- Total
- 48,194
- vs nation
- D+37.9
- Lead
- 15,758
- Total
- 47,935
- vs nation
- D+29.0
- Lead
- 16,127
- Total
- 46,637
- vs nation
- D+27.3
- Lead
- 11,839
- Total
- 45,254
- vs nation
- D+28.6
- Lead
- 8,120
- Total
- 40,031
- vs nation
- D+19.8
- Lead
- 9,826
- Total
- 36,863
- vs nation
- D+18.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+48.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 84,7712024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,260 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 19.9 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $96,7802024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 74.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 9.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+48.9 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+59.8 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 43, MN · twin score 96.6
presidential history
Party record book
Minnesota 46th State Senate District · 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
Joe Biden2020
73.2%
39,666 votes · D+48.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 73.0%
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
72.8%
2,003 votes · R+59.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James A. Garfield, 1880 · 65.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
39,666votes
73.2% of the vote · D+48.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 37,547 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
16,371votes
36.2% of the vote · D+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 16,309 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
+50.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+48.6 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +44.4 pts
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
+40.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+59.8 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · +23.7 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 | 67.2%30,825 | 32.8%15,079 | 45,904 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+48.6, this Minneapolis-area district ranks among the most heavily Democratic legislative constituencies in Minnesota, reflecting the dense urban core's concentrated voting patterns.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 48.9 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 59.8 points in 1904. The 2024 margin was 48.6 points.
A population of 84,771, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $96,780 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 43 and State Senate District 61.
The state-senate 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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