North Dakota · 2020 presidential election
North Dakota presidential election results 2020
Donald J. Trump carried North Dakota by 33.36 points (120,693 votes), winning 3 electoral votes.
- Electoral votes
- 3
- Votes counted
- 361,819
- ND result
- R+33.4
- Compared with the nation
- 37.8 pts more Republican
- Swing since 2016
- 2.4 pts to D
Statewide result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald J. Trump | Republican | 235,595 | 65.11% | 3 | |
| Joseph R. Biden | Democratic | 114,902 | 31.76% | — | |
| Others | Others | 11,322 | 3.13% | — | |
| Total votes | 361,819 | ||||
Sources: nd-2020.pdf · 2020
Certified state documentCertified
Every ticket on the ballot, as printed in the certified document (the statewide table above groups minor candidates as “Others” when the source does).
All 3 tickets as printed in the document
| Ticket (as printed) | Code | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trump and Pence (Republican) | Republican | 235,595 | 65.46% |
| Biden and Harris (Democratic-NPL) | Democratic-NPL | 114,902 | 31.93% |
| Jorgensen and Cohen (Libertarian) | Libertarian | 9,393 | 2.61% |
| Write-in / scattering | 1,929 | ||
| Total as printed | 361,819 | ||
Notes on how this document was read
- Vision read the first row's name garbled because of the winner check-mark ('repur and Pence v'); the label was corrected by eye from the page image (Trump and Pence). Numbers untouched.
Method: page image read by Apple Vision (lines), Tesseract (words) and RapidOCR (lines); a number is kept when two engines read the same digits in the same place
County resultsMedia count
Download CSV| County | Joseph R. Biden | Donald J. Trump | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | 258 | 981 | 30 | 1,269 | 57.0 |
| Barnes County | 1,820 | 3,568 | 177 | 5,565 | 31.4 |
| Benson County | 822 | 1,094 | 45 | 1,961 | 13.9 |
| Billings County | 72 | 541 | 22 | 635 | 73.9 |
| Bottineau County | 821 | 2,575 | 75 | 3,471 | 50.5 |
| Bowman County | 228 | 1,395 | 34 | 1,657 | 70.4 |
| Burke County | 137 | 994 | 24 | 1,155 | 74.2 |
| Burleigh County | 14,348 | 34,744 | 1,661 | 50,753 | 40.2 |
| Cass County | 40,311 | 42,619 | 3,123 | 86,053 | 2.7 |
| Cavalier County | 474 | 1,499 | 47 | 2,020 | 50.7 |
| Dickey County | 608 | 1,742 | 74 | 2,424 | 46.8 |
| Divide County | 265 | 904 | 33 | 1,202 | 53.2 |
| Dunn County | 342 | 1,951 | 45 | 2,338 | 68.8 |
| Eddy County | 383 | 854 | 24 | 1,261 | 37.4 |
| Emmons County | 237 | 1,738 | 34 | 2,009 | 74.7 |
| Foster County | 373 | 1,362 | 43 | 1,778 | 55.6 |
| Golden Valley County | 137 | 871 | 18 | 1,026 | 71.5 |
| Grand Forks County | 12,880 | 16,987 | 1,103 | 30,970 | 13.3 |
| Grant County | 207 | 1,145 | 29 | 1,381 | 67.9 |
| Griggs County | 308 | 907 | 35 | 1,250 | 47.9 |
| Hettinger County | 196 | 1,091 | 25 | 1,312 | 68.2 |
| Kidder County | 221 | 1,215 | 24 | 1,460 | 68.1 |
| LaMoure County | 527 | 1,645 | 47 | 2,219 | 50.4 |
| Logan County | 128 | 930 | 18 | 1,076 | 74.5 |
| McHenry County | 564 | 2,364 | 75 | 3,003 | 59.9 |
| McIntosh County | 261 | 1,153 | 41 | 1,455 | 61.3 |
| McKenzie County | 814 | 4,482 | 123 | 5,419 | 67.7 |
| McLean County | 1,230 | 4,198 | 108 | 5,536 | 53.6 |
| Mercer County | 704 | 3,856 | 115 | 4,675 | 67.4 |
| Morton County | 3,872 | 12,243 | 504 | 16,619 | 50.4 |
| Mountrail County | 1,256 | 2,824 | 85 | 4,165 | 37.6 |
| Nelson County | 586 | 1,141 | 50 | 1,777 | 31.2 |
| Oliver County | 129 | 918 | 19 | 1,066 | 74.0 |
| Pembina County | 786 | 2,460 | 85 | 3,331 | 50.3 |
| Pierce County | 497 | 1,585 | 46 | 2,128 | 51.1 |
| Ramsey County | 1,639 | 3,577 | 156 | 5,372 | 36.1 |
| Ransom County | 945 | 1,418 | 91 | 2,454 | 19.3 |
| Renville County | 220 | 1,065 | 34 | 1,319 | 64.1 |
| Richland County | 2,510 | 5,072 | 230 | 7,812 | 32.8 |
| Rolette County | 2,482 | 1,257 | 65 | 3,804 | 32.2 |
| Sargent County | 738 | 1,266 | 66 | 2,070 | 25.5 |
| Sheridan County | 104 | 688 | 20 | 812 | 71.9 |
| Sioux County | 804 | 258 | 124 | 1,186 | 46.0 |
| Slope County | 44 | 380 | 3 | 427 | 78.7 |
| Stark County | 2,499 | 12,110 | 441 | 15,050 | 63.9 |
| Steele County | 392 | 652 | 44 | 1,088 | 23.9 |
| Stutsman County | 2,676 | 6,994 | 289 | 9,959 | 43.4 |
| Towner County | 317 | 830 | 27 | 1,174 | 43.7 |
| Traill County | 1,493 | 2,522 | 121 | 4,136 | 24.9 |
| Walsh County | 1,333 | 3,324 | 126 | 4,783 | 41.6 |
| Ward County | 7,293 | 19,974 | 979 | 28,246 | 44.9 |
| Wells County | 442 | 1,893 | 39 | 2,374 | 61.1 |
| Williams County | 2,169 | 11,739 | 426 | 14,334 | 66.8 |
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.
Notes on how this document was read
- Secondary source: County results compiled by Tony McGovern from news-media election-night tallies (Fox News, Politico, The New York Times); not a certified state document.
Method: Machine-readable dataset; county sums checked against the state totals in The American Presidency Project summary (within 0.5% for both main tickets).
Certificate of Ascertainment
The governor’s certificate naming North Dakota’s electors was signed on the twentieth day of November 2020. Open the certificate (PDF, 1 page)
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Questions and answers
Who won North Dakota in 2020?
Donald J. Trump won North Dakota by 33.36 percentage points (120,693 votes).
How many electoral votes did North Dakota have in 2020?
North Dakota cast 3 electoral votes in 2020.
How many people voted for president in North Dakota in 2020?
361,819 votes were counted for president.
How many counties did each candidate win in North Dakota in 2020?
Donald J. Trump 51, Joseph R. Biden 2 (out of 53 counties with results).
How did North Dakota change from 2016 to 2020?
The margin moved 2.4 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Republican by 35.7 points to Republican by 33.4 points.
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data