Minnesota presidential election results 2020

Joseph R. Biden carried Minnesota by 7.11 points (233,012 votes), winning 10 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 10
Votes counted: 3,277,171
MN result: D+7.1
Compared with the nation: 2.7 pts more Democratic
Swing since 2016: 5.6 pts to D

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
Joseph R. Biden	Democratic	1,717,077	52.40%	10
Donald J. Trump	Republican	1,484,065	45.28%	—
Others	Others	76,029	2.32%	—
Total votes		3,277,171

Sources: mn-2020.pdf · 2020

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Minnesota State Canvassing Board, State Canvassing Report, State General Election, Tuesday, November 3, 2020 (filed 11/24/2020; 148 pages): U.S. President & Vice President by county (pages 6-14, candidates in three column blocks)
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All 9 tickets as printed in the document

Ticket (as printed)	Code	Votes	Share
Joseph R. Biden and Kamala Harris (DFL)	DFL	1,717,077	52.55%
Donald J. Trump and Michael R. Pence (R)	R	1,484,065	45.42%
Jo Jorgensen and Jeremy "Spike" Cohen (LIB)	LIB	34,976	1.07%
Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker (GP)	GP	10,033	0.31%
Kanye West and Michelle Tidball (IND)	IND	7,940	0.24%
Brock Pierce and Karla Ballard (IND)	IND	5,651	0.17%
Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente and Darcy Richardson (IA)	IA	5,611	0.17%
Gloria La Riva and Leonard Peltier (SLP)	SLP	1,210	0.04%
Alyson Kennedy and Malcolm Jarrett (SWP)	SWP	643	0.02%
Write-in / scattering		9,965

Each county coloured by its winner and shaded by margin. Tap one for its history.

County	Donald J. Trump	Joseph R. Biden	Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente and Darcy Richardson	Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker	Kanye West and Michelle Tidball	Brock Pierce and Karla Ballard	Gloria La Riva and Leonard Peltier	Alyson Kennedy and Malcolm Jarrett	Jo Jorgensen and Jeremy "Spike" Cohen	Total	Margin
Aitkin	6,258	3,607	15	24	22	24	2	3	55	10,010	26.5
Anoka	104,902	100,893	467	731	513	408	66	36	2,475	210,491	1.9
Becker	12,438	6,589	37	35	52	27	8	4	168	19,358	30.2
Beltrami	12,188	11,426	32	75	95	33	17	9	256	24,131	3.2
Benton	14,382	7,280	29	81	45	40	5	5	351	22,218	32.0
Big Stone	1,863	1,053	4	14	14	8	0	0	14	2,970	27.3
Blue Earth	16,731	18,330	64	139	120	82	10	16	477	35,969	4.4
Brown	9,552	4,753	33	38	33	41	6	3	136	14,595	32.9
Carlton	9,791	10,098	48	61	43	40	4	4	231	20,320	1.5
Carver	34,009	30,774	124	141	126	107	13	5	822	66,121	4.9
Cass	11,620	6,342	34	60	46	27	12	3	111	18,255	28.9
Chippewa	4,250	2,226	8	12	22	21	0	2	58	6,599	30.7
Chisago	21,916	11,806	70	111	53	68	8	1	464	34,497	29.3
Clay	15,043	16,357	76	101	79	57	9	6	410	32,138	4.1
Clearwater	3,372	1,260	4	14	12	8	1	0	28	4,699	44.9
Cook	1,203	2,496	5	15	16	9	3	2	36	3,785	34.2
Cottonwood	4,165	1,834	9	13	11	10	0	0	55	6,097	38.2
Crow Wing	25,676	13,726	61	92	81	66	9	5	357	40,073	29.8
Dakota	109,638	146,155	535	827	593	456	83	31	2,957	261,275	14.0
Dodge	7,783	4,079	27	39	30	26	3	3	167	12,157	30.5
Douglas	15,799	7,868	40	56	55	57	2	5	238	24,120	32.9
Faribault	5,191	2,531	21	19	31	24	2	1	72	7,892	33.7
Fillmore	7,301	4,551	34	24	36	19	0	4	135	12,104	22.7
Freeborn	9,578	6,889	38	51	49	26	10	4	146	16,791	16.0
Goodhue	16,052	11,806	64	102	64	65	8	9	397	28,567	14.9
Grant	2,269	1,300	7	8	10	10	1	2	43	3,650	26.5
Hennepin	205,973	532,623	1,038	2,448	1,937	1,025	448	164	7,526	753,182	43.4
Houston	6,334	4,853	20	29	29	32	4	4	114	11,419	13.0
Hubbard	8,202	4,462	23	48	30	24	2	2	134	12,927	28.9
Isanti	16,491	7,138	51	79	53	34	7	5	304	24,162	38.7
Itasca	15,239	10,786	44	77	63	50	2	3	247	26,511	16.8
Jackson	3,948	1,745	15	12	19	19	0	2	53	5,813	37.9
Kanabec	6,278	2,774	12	23	17	21	5	1	93	9,224	38.0
Kandiyohi	14,437	8,440	44	53	63	48	6	11	211	23,313	25.7
Kittson	1,546	1,006	7	8	12	7	0	0	44	2,630	20.5
Koochiching	4,131	2,659	13	17	14	10	1	0	60	6,905	21.3
Lac Qui Parle	2,528	1,446	4	7	13	14	0	1	20	4,033	26.8
Lake	3,393	3,647	8	26	18	10	2	1	78	7,183	3.5
Lake Of The Woods	1,704	671	1	4	3	0	0	0	22	2,405	43.0
Le Sueur	10,775	5,672	35	42	42	36	1	4	169	16,776	30.4
Lincoln	2,121	937	9	6	8	6	1	1	23	3,112	38.0
Lyon	7,979	4,634	24	28	31	21	4	3	140	12,864	26.0
Mcleod	13,986	6,413	41	58	40	47	2	9	292	20,888	36.3
Mahnomen	1,142	1,112	10	6	12	6	4	1	9	2,302	1.3
Marshall	3,721	1,295	13	8	11	15	1	0	37	5,101	47.6
Martin	7,480	3,305	18	24	29	20	2	3	98	10,979	38.0
Meeker	9,359	3,867	30	41	45	31	2	0	122	13,497	40.7
Mille Lacs	9,952	4,404	28	31	36	25	4	5	181	14,666	37.8
Morrison	14,821	4,367	34	52	28	44	3	3	173	19,525	53.5
Mower	10,025	8,899	40	47	62	44	5	2	177	19,301	5.8
Murray	3,363	1,449	8	10	9	8	2	2	32	4,883	39.2
Nicollet	9,018	9,622	37	78	43	40	4	7	222	19,071	3.2
Nobles	5,600	2,933	27	19	28	17	5	4	59	8,692	30.7
Norman	1,953	1,404	8	10	6	18	0	3	31	3,433	16.0
Olmsted	39,692	49,491	159	263	188	189	14	11	1,078	91,085	10.8
Otter Tail	23,800	11,958	51	76	90	73	3	3	257	36,311	32.6
Pennington	4,532	2,568	7	12	19	16	3	3	103	7,263	27.0
Pine	10,256	5,419	26	51	25	23	1	3	168	15,972	30.3
Pipestone	3,553	1,306	11	12	15	9	0	1	25	4,932	45.6
Polk	9,865	5,439	28	29	39	36	5	4	123	15,568	28.4
Pope	4,417	2,477	10	16	18	13	0	0	56	7,007	27.7
Ramsey	77,376	211,620	422	1,062	793	428	182	88	2,865	294,836	45.5
Red Lake	1,454	691	8	7	5	7	0	0	18	2,190	34.8
Redwood	5,771	2,355	14	11	18	22	1	0	76	8,268	41.3
Renville	5,467	2,496	15	19	23	23	1	4	68	8,116	36.6
Rice	17,464	17,402	70	115	88	78	13	7	372	35,609	0.2
Rock	3,583	1,556	16	13	9	13	2	1	35	5,228	38.8
Roseau	6,065	2,188	15	18	20	15	4	2	81	8,408	46.1
St. Louis	49,017	67,704	166	396	290	160	49	17	1,388	119,187	15.7
Scott	45,872	40,040	162	240	182	162	18	9	1,048	87,733	6.6
Sherburne	36,222	18,065	96	153	115	89	7	6	734	55,487	32.7
Sibley	5,864	2,417	22	22	17	22	2	0	71	8,437	40.9
Stearns	50,959	31,879	136	275	165	154	20	16	1,036	84,640	22.5
Steele	12,656	7,917	53	69	56	39	3	5	278	21,076	22.5
Stevens	3,044	1,922	4	18	18	11	4	1	44	5,066	22.1
Swift	3,316	1,784	9	11	9	13	0	1	42	5,185	29.5
Todd	9,753	3,286	26	23	30	30	2	1	85	13,236	48.9
Traverse	1,172	661	2	5	6	2	2	0	12	1,862	27.4
Wabasha	8,153	4,696	21	33	28	29	2	2	133	13,097	26.4
Wadena	5,520	2,023	17	14	20	12	0	1	54	7,661	45.6
Waseca	6,624	3,496	17	34	42	27	0	1	123	10,364	30.2
Washington	73,764	89,165	271	477	342	267	53	34	1,895	166,268	9.3
Watonwan	3,103	1,987	14	16	25	14	2	2	28	5,191	21.5
Wilkin	2,328	1,026	3	5	12	11	0	3	41	3,429	38.0
Winona	13,227	13,333	62	80	73	51	6	4	272	27,108	0.4
Wright	51,973	28,430	138	273	195	172	12	9	992	82,194	28.6
Yellow Medicine	3,734	1,688	12	11	13	10	0	0	45	5,513	37.1

Candidate votes as printed in the document. “Total” is the document’s total where it prints one, otherwise the sum of the candidate columns. Margin is the leading ticket’s lead in points over the second.

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Questions and answers

Who won Minnesota in 2020?

Joseph R. Biden won Minnesota by 7.11 percentage points (233,012 votes).

How many electoral votes did Minnesota have in 2020?

Minnesota cast 10 electoral votes in 2020.

How many people voted for president in Minnesota in 2020?

3,277,171 votes were counted for president.

How many counties did each candidate win in Minnesota in 2020?

Donald J. Trump 74, Joseph R. Biden 13 (out of 87 counties with results).

How did Minnesota change from 2016 to 2020?

The margin moved 5.6 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Democratic by 1.5 points to Democratic by 7.1 points.

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data