The 2016 United States presidential election in Minnesota was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. Minnesota voted 6. 2 percent less Democratic from the 2012 presidential election, a much larger shift than the nation at large. Bernie Sanders received the most votes and the most delegates in the precinct caucuses. The Green Party of Minnesota held caucuses on March 1 in Saint Paul, Minneapolis, Bemidji, White Bear Lake, Blaine, Grand Rapids, and Willmar. Jill Stein won the caucuses with 84. 3% of the vote.
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The 2016 United States presidential election in Minnesota was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. Minnesota was won with a plurality by Clinton and a 1. 5% margin, the eleventh consecutive Democratic presidential win in the state, which has not voted for a Republican since Richard Nixon in 1972. Bernie Sanders received the most votes and the most delegates in the precinct caucuses. The 2016 turnout was slightly lower than the 2008 tally of 214,066, when Obama won with 142,109 votes, to Clinton’s 68,994. Minnesota voted 6. 2 percent less Democratic from the 2012 presidential election, a much larger shift than the nation at large.
The difference in Democratic voting was largely attributed to Independent or Write-In candidates. The Green Party of Minnesota held caucuses on March 1 in Saint Paul, Minneapolis, Bemidji, White Bear Lake, Blaine, Grand Rapids, and Willmar. Jill Stein won the caucuses with 84. 3% of the vote. The delegates apportioned to each candidate will be decided at the state convention in St. Cloud, Minnesota in June. All of the at-large delegates were allocated proportionally based on the popular vote with a mandatory threshold of 10%.
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