Elections in Minnesota

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{{PresHead|place=Minnesota|source={{cite web|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/compare.php?year=2008&fips=27&f=1&off=0&elect=0&type=state|title=Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Minnesota|publisher=US Election Atlas|access-date=October 27, 2022|author=Leip, David}}}}

{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|1,519,032|1,656,979|77,909|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|1,484,065|1,717,077|76,029|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|1,323,232|1,367,825|254,176|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|1,320,225|1,546,167|70,169|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|1,275,409|1,573,354|61,606|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|1,346,695|1,445,014|36,678|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|1,109,659|1,168,266|160,760|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|766,476|1,120,438|305,726|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|747,841|1,020,997|579,110|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|962,337|1,109,471|24,982|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|1,032,603|1,036,364|15,482|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|873,241|954,174|224,538|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|819,395|1,070,440|60,096|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1972|Republican|898,269|802,346|41,037|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|658,643|857,738|72,129|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|559,624|991,117|3,721|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|757,915|779,933|4,039|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1956|Republican|719,302|617,525|3,178|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1952|Republican|763,211|608,458|7,814|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|483,617|692,966|35,643|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|527,416|589,864|8,249|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|596,274|644,196|10,718|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|350,461|698,811|80,703|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|363,959|600,806|38,078|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1928|Republican|560,977|396,451|13,548|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1924|Republican|420,759|55,913|345,474|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1920|Republican|519,421|142,994|73,423|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1916|Republican|179,544|179,152|28,668|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|64,334|106,426|163,459|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1908|Republican|195,843|109,401|26,060|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1904|Republican|216,651|55,187|21,022|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1900|Republican|190,461|112,901|12,949|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1896|Republican|193,503|139,735|8,524|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1892|Republican|122,823|100,920|43,495|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1888|Republican|142,492|104,385|16,408|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1884|Republican|111,685|70,065|8,267|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1880|Republican|93,902|53,315|3,553|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1876|Republican|72,955|48,587|2,533|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1872|Republican|55,708|35,211|0|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1868|Republican|43,722|28,096|0|Minnesota}}

{{PresRow|1864|Republican|25,055|17,367|0|Minnesota}}

{{PresFoot|1860|Republican|22,069|11,920|748|Minnesota}}

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Employees in Minnesota are allowed time off from work to vote on the morning of Election Day.[http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=595#204C.31 Minnesota Statutes 204C.04] Minnesota is also one of the first states to adopt same-day registration in the 1970s. Minnesota is known for a politically active citizenry, with populism being a longstanding force among the state's political parties. Minnesota has consistently high voter turnout; in the 2008 U.S. presidential election, 77.8% of eligible Minnesotans voted – the highest percentage of any U.S. state or territory – versus the national average of 61.7%.{{cite web | author=Michael P. McDonald | author-link=Michael P. McDonald | title=2008 Unofficial Voter Turnout | publisher=United States Elections Project, George Mason University | url=http://elections.gmu.edu/preliminary_vote_2008.html | access-date=November 20, 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081113104435/http://elections.gmu.edu/preliminary_vote_2008.html | archive-date=November 13, 2008 | df=mdy-all }} This was due in part to its same day voter registration laws; previously unregistered voters can register on election day, at their polls, with evidence of residency.Huefner, Steven F., Daniel P. Tokaji, and Edward B. Foley (2007), [http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/joyce/book.pdf From Registration to Recounts: The Election Ecosystems of Five Midwestern States] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325110831/http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/joyce/book.pdf |date=March 25, 2009 }}, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, p. [http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/joyce/chapter7_137-159.pdf 137] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325110841/http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/joyce/chapter7_137-159.pdf |date=March 25, 2009 }}. {{ISBN|978-0-9801400-0-2}}.

In a 2020 study, Minnesota was ranked as the 15th easiest state for citizens to vote in.{{cite journal |last1=J. Pomante II |first1=Michael |last2=Li |first2=Quan |title=Cost of Voting in the American States: 2020 |journal=Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy |date=15 Dec 2020 |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=503–509 |doi=10.1089/elj.2020.0666 |s2cid=225139517 |doi-access=free }}