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Minnesota Elections Chapter Ten Minnesota Elections Minnesota Election Results History Voter Turnout Since 1950 .........................................................................494 Gubernatorial Election Results Since 1857 ...............................................496 Presidential Election Results Since 1860 ..................................................500 Minnesota Election Results 2016 August 9, 2016 State Primary ....................................................................504 November 8, 2016 State General Election .................................................510 Results by Legislative District ...................................................................523 B Capitol Beginnings B Construction on the Minnesota State Capitol’s main stairway on July 7, 1902. The use of steel framing for constructing buildings was still relatively new, as America's first steel-framed skyscraper (10 stories) had been built not seven years earlier, in Chicago, IL. Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota Elections 494 Minnesota Voter Turnout Since 1950 100 General Elections 80 60 Primary Elections 40 Statewide Voter Turnout Percentage Turnout Statewide Voter 20 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 Minnesota Elections MINNESOTA PRIMARY ELECTION STATISTICS 1950 – 2016 % OF ELECTION DAY YEAR ELIGIBLE VOTED ELIGIBLE REGISTRATIONS % OF VOTES VOTERS WHO VOTED (EDR) FROM EDR 1950 1,879,000 583,617 31.06 1952 1,899,000 652,825 34.38 1954 1,920,000 641,906 33.43 1956 1,940,000 611,197 31.51 1958 1,960,000 632,240 32.26 1960 1,987,000 596,272 29.16 1962 2,033,000 592,719 29.15 1964 2,078,000 442,642 21.30 1966 2,124,000 833,530 39.24 1968 2,170,000 408,541 18.83 1970 2,226,000 718,079 32.26 1972 2,523,000 489,298 19.39 1974 2,617,000 537,284 20.53 131,724 24.52 1976 2,710,000 538,382 19.87 66,557 12.36 1978 2,804,000 811,581 28.94 90,219 11.12 1980 2,882,406 397,145 13.78 34,215 8.62 1982 2,943,169 915,180 31.10 90,048 9.84 1984 2,982,015 537,342 18.02 47,218 8.79 1986 3,024,070 786,230 26.00 76,531 9.73 1988 3,087,194 311,145 10.08 21,470 6.90 1990 3,136,830 771,850 24.61 53,462 6.93 1992 3,187,255 560,659 17.59 35,967 6.42 1994 3,253,779 901,002 27.69 72,108 8.00 1996 3,319,509 450,120 13.56 27,542 6.12 1998 3,378,089 683,433 20.23 47,940 7.01 2000 3,506,432 602,690 17.19 42,943 7.13 2002 3,518,184 535,972 15.23 35,798 6.68 2004 3,609,185 279,132 7.73 20,438 7.32 2006 3,667,707 514,373 14.02 36,503 7.10 2008 3,740,142 419,474 11.22 24,700 5.89 2010 3,803,192 606,394 15.94 39,669 6.54 2012 3,861,043 359,682 9.32 17,975 5.00 2014 3,945,136 401,878 10.19 19,358 4.82 2016 3,967,061 294,797 7.43 14,438 3.63 MINNESOTA GENERAL ELECTION STATISTICS 1950 – 2016 1950 1,879,000 1,067,967 56.84 1952 1,899,000 1,466,326 77.22 1954 1,920,000 1,168,101 60.84 1956 1,940,000 1,613,138 83.15 1958 1,960,000 1,178,173 60.11 1960 1,987,000 1,577,509 79.39 1962 2,033,000 1,267,502 62.35 1964 2,078,000 1,586,173 76.33 1966 2,124,000 1,312,288 61.78 1968 2,170,000 1,606,307 74.02 1970 2,226,000 1,388,525 62.38 1972 2,523,000 1,773,838 70.31 1974 2,617,000 1,296,209 49.53 260,812 20.12 1976 2,710,000 1,978,590 73.01 454,147 22.95 1978 2,804,000 1,624,911 57.95 208,985 12.86 1980 2,882,406 2,079,411 72.14 433,567 20.85 1982 2,943,169 1,834,737 62.34 238,979 13.03 1984 2,982,015 2,115,317 70.94 344,157 16.27 1986 3,024,070 1,456,579 48.17 137,864 9.47 1988 3,087,194 2,125,119 68.84 364,625 17.16 1990 3,136,830 1,843,104 58.76 208,625 11.32 1992 3,187,255 2,355,796 73.91 427,639 18.15 1994 3,253,779 1,794,618 55.15 179,360 9.99 1996 3,319,509 2,211,161 66.61 337,297 15.25 1998 3,378,089 2,105,377 62.32 332,540 15.79 2000 3,506,432 2,458,303 70.11 464,155 18.88 2002 3,518,184 2,282,860 64.89 342,978 15.02 2004 3,609,185 2,842,912 78.77 581,904 20.47 2006 3,667,707 2,217,552 60.46 292,168 13.18 2008 3,740,142 2,921,498 78.11 542,257 18.56 2010 3,803,192 2,123,369 55.83 227,857 10.73 2012 3,861,043 2,950,780 76.42 527,867 17.89 2014 3,945,136 1,992,566 50.51 152,101 7.63 2016 3,972,330 2,968,281 74.72 353,179 8.89 MINNESOTA PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY STATISTICS 1916 – 1992 1916 121,552 1952 1,899,000 426,498 22.46 1956 1,940,000 640,328 33.01 1992 3,247,000 338,995 10.44 21,162 6.24 NOTE: 1950-1978 data from Curtis Gans of the Center for the Study of American Electorate 495 1980-2016 data from Dr. Michael McDonald of US Elections Project Minnesota Elections MINNESOTA VOTE FOR GOVERNOR SINCE 1857 KEY TO PARTY ABBREVIATIONS: A: Alliance AM: American Party of Minnesota L: Libertarian Am: American M-Pop: Midroad-Populist C: Communist N: National CP: Constitution Party NRA: Nutritional Rights Alliance D: Democratic Peo: People’s DFL: Democratic-Farmer-Labor PO: Public Ownership D-Peo: Democratic People’s Pro: Prohibition ER: EarthRIGHT Prog: Progressive FL: Farmer-Labor Q: Quit Raising Taxes G: Greenback R: Republican GPM: Green Party Minnesota RP: Reform Party GRP: Grassroots S: Socialist HG: Honest Government 87 SA: Savings Account IP: Independence Party SD: Socialist Democrat I: Independent SIn: Socialist Industrial In: Industrial SL: Socialist Labor InG: Industrial Government SW: Socialist Workers InGSL: Industrial Government (Socialist Labor) SWP: Socialist Workers Party InL: Industrial Labor TPC: The People’s Champion IR: Independent-Republican WC: Workers Communist 1857 1873 Henry H. Sibley (D) ....................17,790 Cushman K. Davis (R) .................40,741 Alexander Ramsey (R) ................17,550 Ara Barton (D) .............................35,245 35,340 Samuel Mayall (Pro) .....................1,036 1859 77,022 Alexander Ramsey (R) .................21,335 1875 George L. Becker (D) ..................17,582 John S. Pillsbury (R) ....................47,073 38,917 D. L. Buell (D) ............................35,275 1861 R. F. Humiston (Pro) ...................1,589 Alexander Ramsey (R) .................16,274 83,937 E. O. Hamblin (D) .....................10,448 1877 26,722 John S. Pillsbury (R) ....................57,071 1863 William L. Banning (D) ..............39,147 Stephen Miller (R) .......................19,628 William Meigher (G) .....................2,396 Henry T. Welles (D) ....................12,739 Austin Willey (Pro) ........................1,421 32,367 100,035 1865 1879 William R. Marshall (R) .............17,318 John S. Pillsbury (R) ....................57,524 Henry M. Rice (D) .....................13,842 Edmund Rice (D) ........................41,524 31,160 William Meigher (G) ....................4,264 1867 W. W. Satterlee (Pro) ....................2,868 William R. Marshall (R) ..............34,874 106,180 Charles E. Flandrau (D) ..............29,502 1881 64,376 Lucius F. Hubbard (R) ................65,025 1869 Richard W. Johnson (D) ..............37,168 Horace Austin (R) .......................27,348 C. H. Roberts (G) ..........................2,676 George L. Otis (D) ......................25,401 Isaac C. Searns (Pro) .........................708 Daniel Cobb (Pro) .........................1,764 105,577 54,513 1883 1871 Lucius F. Hubbard (R) ................. 72,462 Horace Austin (R) ........................46,950 Adolph Biermann (D) .................. 58,251 Winthrop Young (D) ..................30,376 Charles E. Holt (Pro) .................... 4,924 Samuel Mayall (Pro) .........................846 135,637 78,172 496 Minnesota Elections 1886 1904 Andrew R. McGill (R) ............... 107,064 John A. Johnson (D) ................... 147,992 Albert Ames (D) ......................... 104,464 Robert C. Dunn (R) ................... 140,130 James E. Childs (Pro) .................... 9,030 Charles W. Dorsett (Pro) ............... 7,577 220,558 Jay E. Nash (PO) ............................ 5,810 1888 A. W. M. Anderson (SL) ............... 2,293 William R. Merriam (R) ............ 134,355 303,802 Eugene M. Wilson (D) .............. 110,251 1906 Hugh Harrison (Pro) ................... 17,026 John A. Johnson (D) ................... 168,480 261,632 A. L. Cole (R)............................... 96,162 1890 Charles W. Dorsett (Pro) ............... 7,223 William R. Merriam (R) .............. 88,111 O. E. Loftus (PO) .......................... 4,646 Thomas Wilson (D) ..................... 85,844 276,511 Sidney M. Owen (A) .................... 58,513 1908 James P. Pinkham (Pro) ................ 8,424 Jacob F. Jacobson (R) .................. 147,997 240,892 John A. Johnson (D) ................... 175,136 1892 George D. Haggard (Pro)............... 7,024 Knute Nelson (R) ........................ 109,220 Beecher Moore (PO) ...................... 6,516 Daniel W. Lawler (D) .................. 94,600 William W. Allen (I) ......................... 593 Ignatius Donnelly (Peo) ............... 39,862 337,266 William J. Dean (Pro) .................. 12,239 1910 255,921 Adolph O. Eberhart (R) ............. 164,185 1894 James Gray (D) ........................... 103,779 Knute Nelson (R) ........................ 147,943 J. F. Heiberg (Pro) .......................... 8,959 George L. Becker (D) ................... 53,584 George E. Barrett (PO) ................ 11,173 Sidney M. Owen (Peo) ................. 87,890 C.