{
 "topic": "election",
 "site": "electiondata.dev",
 "place": {
  "id": "us-county-27053",
  "name": "Hennepin County",
  "level": "us-county",
  "parent": "us-mn",
  "path": "us/mn/hennepin-county",
  "slug": "hennepin-county",
  "state": "mn",
  "state_name": "Minnesota",
  "state_id": "us-mn"
 },
 "question": "How did Hennepin County vote?",
 "answer": {
  "verdict": "Kamala D. Harris (Democrat) won by 42.4 points",
  "value": 42.4,
  "unit": " pts",
  "digits": 1,
  "label": "Presidential margin, 2024",
  "lines": [
   "Kamala D. Harris (Democrat) 69.8%, Donald J. Trump (Republican) 27.4%, all others 2.8%",
   "720,173 votes for president",
   "The margin moved 0.8 points toward the Republican candidate compared with 2020"
  ]
 },
 "as_of": "2024",
 "as_of_label": "2024",
 "charts": [
  {
   "id": "election-margin",
   "title": "Presidential margin, 2000–2024",
   "description": "The 2024 margin was D +42.4 points; in 2000 it was D +14.3.",
   "indicator": "Democratic share minus Republican share of all presidential votes, points",
   "subtitle": "Democratic share minus Republican share, in points. Bars above the line: the Democrat won the county; below: the Republican.",
   "x": {
    "kind": "year"
   },
   "y": {
    "digits": 1,
    "unit": " pts",
    "format": "party-margin"
   },
   "layers": [
    {
     "type": "bars",
     "name": "Margin",
     "base": 0,
     "points": [
      [
       2000,
       14.28,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       2004,
       19.89,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       2008,
       28.61,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       2012,
       27.04,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       2016,
       34.93,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       2020,
       43.21,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       2024,
       42.42,
       "dem"
      ]
     ],
     "legend": [
      {
       "label": "Democrat won",
       "cls": "dem"
      },
      {
       "label": "Republican won",
       "cls": "rep"
      }
     ]
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "election-votes",
   "title": "Votes cast for president",
   "description": "720,173 presidential votes were cast in 2024, against 573,846 in 2000.",
   "indicator": "Total votes cast for president in the county",
   "subtitle": "Every presidential vote in the county.",
   "x": {
    "kind": "year"
   },
   "y": {
    "digits": 0,
    "unit": " votes",
    "format": "compact"
   },
   "layers": [
    {
     "type": "bars",
     "name": "Votes",
     "base": 0,
     "points": [
      [
       2000,
       573846,
       "s1"
      ],
      [
       2004,
       646984,
       "s1"
      ],
      [
       2008,
       663780,
       "s1"
      ],
      [
       2012,
       680065,
       "s1"
      ],
      [
       2016,
       679977,
       "s1"
      ],
      [
       2020,
       755969,
       "s1"
      ],
      [
       2024,
       720173,
       "s1"
      ]
     ]
    }
   ]
  }
 ],
 "limits": [
  "County totals say nothing about who voted or why.",
  "Minnesota's 2026 results (Senate, Governor, U.S. House) will be added after the State Canvassing Board certifies them in late November."
 ],
 "method": "Margin is the Democratic candidate's share of all presidential votes minus the Republican's. Results are as certified and compiled by the MIT Election Data and Science Lab.",
 "sources": [
  {
   "name": "MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000–2024",
   "url": "https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/VOQCHQ",
   "license": "CC0 1.0"
  }
 ],
 "check": {
  "years": {
   "2000": {
    "D": 307599,
    "R": 225657,
    "other": 40590,
    "total": 573846
   },
   "2004": {
    "D": 383842,
    "R": 255135,
    "other": 8007,
    "total": 646984
   },
   "2008": {
    "D": 420958,
    "R": 231054,
    "other": 11768,
    "total": 663780
   },
   "2012": {
    "D": 423982,
    "R": 240073,
    "other": 16010,
    "total": 680065
   },
   "2016": {
    "D": 429288,
    "R": 191770,
    "other": 58919,
    "total": 679977
   },
   "2020": {
    "D": 532623,
    "R": 205973,
    "other": 17373,
    "total": 755969
   },
   "2024": {
    "D": 502710,
    "R": 197244,
    "other": 20219,
    "total": 720173
   }
  }
 },
 "table": {
  "title": "Every presidential election",
  "columns": [
   "Year",
   "Democrat",
   "Republican",
   "Margin",
   "Votes"
  ],
  "rows": [
   [
    2024,
    "Kamala D. Harris 69.8%",
    "Donald J. Trump 27.4%",
    "D +42.4",
    "720,173"
   ],
   [
    2020,
    "Joseph R. Biden Jr 70.5%",
    "Donald J. Trump 27.2%",
    "D +43.2",
    "755,969"
   ],
   [
    2016,
    "Hillary Clinton 63.1%",
    "Donald Trump 28.2%",
    "D +34.9",
    "679,977"
   ],
   [
    2012,
    "Barack Obama 62.3%",
    "Mitt Romney 35.3%",
    "D +27.0",
    "680,065"
   ],
   [
    2008,
    "Barack Obama 63.4%",
    "John Mccain 34.8%",
    "D +28.6",
    "663,780"
   ],
   [
    2004,
    "John Kerry 59.3%",
    "George W. Bush 39.4%",
    "D +19.9",
    "646,984"
   ],
   [
    2000,
    "Al Gore 53.6%",
    "George W. Bush 39.3%",
    "D +14.3",
    "573,846"
   ]
  ]
 },
 "generated_at": "2026-10-26T16:13:41+00:00"
}