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Former President Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden each 

won their respective primaries in Minnesota

 with about 7 in 10 votes from their respective parties. 

On the Republican side most non-Trump votes went to Nikki Haley, 

On the DFL side the second place vote-getter was “

,” mostly made up of protest voters unhappy with Biden’s support for Israel. Minnesota native Dean Phillips, who was challenging President Biden up until his withdrawal from the race earlier today, captured just under eight percent of the DFL primary vote.

Graph showing Minnesota presidential primary vote counts, 2024 versus 2020

Overall, turnout was higher among Minnesota Republicans than DFLers, perhaps being motivated to push out the incumbent party. Notably, Minnesota’s DFL turnout was much higher than was that of the Republicans in 2020 — when DFLers had a full slate of 16 candidates hoping to unseat then-president Trump. 

County map showing 2024 Minnesota presidential primary: Percent of Republican votes for Trump

County map of 2024 Minnesota presidential primary: Percent of Republican votes for Haley

Map showing MN Counties 2024 Minnesota presidential primary: Percent of DFL votes for Joe Biden

MN County map showing 2024 Minnesota presidential primary: Percent of DFL votes for Uncommitted

Map of MN counties showing % of primary votes for Dean Phillips

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Former President Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden each won their respective primaries in Minnesota with about 7 in 10 votes from their respective parties.

Mapping Minnesota’s presidential primary results

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