I haz a bukket <| sep |> According to the Minnesota SOS , the voter turnout in 2012 was a d m i n i s t r a t i o n c a m p a i g n s d a t a m a p s h i s t o r i calvoterturnoutstatistics , while in 2016 it was turnoutmap 2016 . pdf . That is a difference of 1 . 72 %. If all of the lost voters would have voted for Clinton , the vote tally would have ended at tel 9 a d m i n i s t r a t i o n c a m p a i g n s d a t a m a p s h i s t o r i c a l v o t e r t urnoutstatisticsestimated based on past increases of eligible voters 1 , 367 , 705 , 2016 vs . 1 , 322 , 949 for Trump . This ends up at 47 . 6 % for Clinton , and 43 . 8 %, a difference of 3 . 8 % down from , 2012 in 2012 . The trend appears to be going in the favor of republicans , and by 2024 , if not 2020 Minnesota will vote red . Edited to fix a problem with eligible vs . registered voters .