Minnesota’s Congressional Districts
Minnesota’s rural Eighth Congressional District, a longtime Democratic stronghold, gave Donald Trump a 16-point victory in the 2016 presidential election. The state’s wealthy and suburban Third District swung heavily Democratic in 2016, with Hillary Clinton beating Trump by 9 percentage points.
Democratic-held district
Virginia
Republican-held district
N
MILES
N
6th
0
50
MILES
8th
Maple
Grove
0
10
94
Duluth
35
7th
New Jersey
at same
scale
3rd
Minneapolis
4th
6th
St. Paul
Deephaven
5th
Area of
detail
Excelsior
2nd
Eden Prairie
1st
2nd
Vote for president in the Eighth District
Vote for president in the Third District
2012
2012
52%
46%
50%
49%
Obama
Romney
Obama
Romney
2016
2016
38%
54%
50%
41%
Clinton
Trump
Clinton
Trump
SOURCES: Congress.gov; Cook Political Report
JOHN DUCHNESKIE / Staff Artist
Minnesota’s
Congressional Districts
Minnesota’s rural Eighth Congressional District, a longtime Democratic stronghold, gave Donald Trump a 16-point victory in the 2016 presidential election. The state’s wealthy and suburban Third District swung heavily Democratic in 2016, with Hillary Clinton beating Trump by 9 percentage points.
Virginia
N
MILES
0
50
8th
Duluth
7th
New Jersey
at same
scale
6th
Area of
detail
2nd
1st
Vote for president in the Eighth District
2012
52%
46%
Obama
Romney
2016
38%
54%
Clinton
Trump
N
6th
MILES
Maple
Grove
94
0
10
35
3rd
4th
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Deephaven
94
5th
Excelsior
Eden Prairie
2nd
Vote for president in the Third District
2012
50%
49%
Obama
Romney
2016
50%
41%
Clinton
Trump
SOURCES: Congress.gov; Cook Political Report
JOHN DUCHNESKIE / Staff Artist
