Minneapolis-St. Paul · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
63.1%
739,954 votes · D+26.5
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 60.9%
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
74.4%
164,087 votes · R+55.6
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 70.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
1,496,733votes
53.1% of the vote · D+8.5
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 1,446,825 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
1,293,482votes
46.1% of the vote · D+5.5
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 1,257,681 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
George McGovern1972
+17.7pts D vs U.S.
Place R+5.4 · U.S. R+23.2
Runner-up · Walter Mondale, 1984 · +17.6 pts
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
+35.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+55.6 · U.S. R+19.7
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · +25.8 pts
U.S. House elections · 3 House
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U.S. House
On a multi-state Place, each row sums votes cast in the separate U.S. House races held inside the Place that year. It is a geographic vote total, not one contest or a seat tally.
Minneapolis-St. Paul · how this place’s counties split between candidates in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain and there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Minneapolis-St. Paul, by party and cycle.
Party
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Democratic
Obama47Clinton10229,467 votes · 57 of 57 countiescaucus + primary
○no contest record
Sanders56Clinton1216,111 votes · 57 of 57 countiescaucus + primary
Biden53Klobuchar2Sanders2658,650 votes · 57 of 57 countiesprimary
○no contest record
Republicannot ingested
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+8,585 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −31,066 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Minneapolis-St. Paul in Minneapolis-St. Paul: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−4,407
2012
−7,577
2013
−203
2014
−4,002
2015
−9,399
2016
−1,266
2017
+9,828
2018
+8,864
2019
+3,784
2021
−13,479
2022
−14,465
2023
−8,063
2024
+734
2025
+8,585
The Minneapolis–St. Paul designated market area spans the metro's mix of high-density urban precincts and fast-growing exurban counties, producing notable ticket-splitting patterns in statewide races that routinely tip on single-digit margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 27.2 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 55.6 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 3.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 5.5 points.
A population of 4,908,264, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $93,929 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Milwaukee and Madison.
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How did Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota voted Democratic by 5.5 points (D+5.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,808,701 votes cast, 1,446,825 went Democratic and 1,293,482 went Republican.
When did Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota?
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota has a population of 4,908,264 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota?
Median household income in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota is $93,929 — above the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 13 went Republican.
