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Early voting in Minnesota

In Minnesota, all registered voters are mailed a ballot request form. They can also vote early in-person.

Mail-in and early in-person ballots returned1,833,209

45%
32%
23%
DEMGOPOther
Last updated Dec. 3. Party registration is modeled by TargetSmart from multiple commercial sources.Data provided by TargetSmart

Minnesota Primary election results

Democratic Primary/ 75 Del.75 Delegates

Full Minnesota Primary Results
  • DEM

    Joe BidenWinner

    38.6%

    287,553

    + 41 Delegates

  • DEM

    Bernie Sanders

    29.9%

    222,431

    + 29 Delegates

  • DEM

    Elizabeth Warren

    15.4%

    114,674

    + 5 Delegates

Republican Primary/ 39 Del.39 Delegates

Full Minnesota Primary Results
  • REP

    Donald TrumpWinner

    + 39 Delegates

How Minnesota voted

In 2016, Hillary Clinton won Minnesota with 47 percent of the vote, according to NBC News results, while Donald Trump received 45 percent. Minnesota is solidly blue state in presidential elections, and Democrats control the governor’s office and the state House, while Republicans control the state Senate.

  • Democrat

    Hillary ClintonClintonWinner

    46.9%

    1,367,716

  • Republican

    Donald TrumpTrump

    45.3%

    1,322,951

2016 Exit Polls

Summary of 2016 Exit Poll data that shows the proportion of how different groups voted.

Men
Men: Democrats43%Men: republicans49%
Women
Women: Democrats50%Women: republicans43%
White
White: Democrats43%White: republicans50%
Black
Not enough data
Hispanic /Latino
Not enough data
Asian
Not enough data
College Graduate
College Graduate: Democrats47%College Graduate: republicans45%
No College degree
No College Degree: Democrats38%No College Degree: republicans55%
  • Democrat

    Barack ObamaObamaWinner

    52.8%

    1,546,167

  • Republican

    Mitt RomneyRomney

    45.1%

    1,320,225

2012 Exit Polls

Summary of 2012 Exit Poll data that shows the proportion of how different groups voted.

Men
Men: Democrats44%Men: republicans51%
Women
Women: Democrats60%Women: republicans38%
White
White: Democrats48%White: republicans49%
Black
Not enough data
Hispanic /Latino
Not enough data
Asian
Not enough data
College Graduate
College Graduate: Democrats49%College Graduate: republicans46%
No College degree
No College Degree: Democrats52%No College Degree: republicans46%

More to the story in Minnesota 2020

The coronavirus pandemic and its devastating economic fallout are two major issues that have an impact on the election. NBC News is tracking and updating daily the number of coronavirus related deaths in each state and U.S. territory, as well as the jobless claims as reported weekly by the Department of Labor that counts how many people have filed for unemployment benefits.

U.S. ClaimsWeekly
change
60-day
trend
Monthly
change
3,690,000+1.01%
-0.99%
84,691-2.13%
-14.58%
Minnesota Claims

The expected vote is the total number of votes that are expected in a given race once all votes are counted. This number is an estimate and is based on several different factors, including information on the number of votes cast early as well as information provided to our vote reporters on Election Day from county election officials. The figure can change as NBC News gathers new information.

Source: National Election Pool (NEP)