Minnesota

House Districts: 8
Voting Age Population
  2002:   3,745,000
  2000:   3,547,000
  1998:   3,483,000
1990:    3,208,316
Redistricting, 2001-2002
   Commission / Court

Presidential Vote
2000:   Gore 48, Bush 46, Nader 5
1996:   Clinton 51, Dole 35, Perot 12
1992:   Clinton 44, Bush 32, Perot 24
U.S. House: 4 GOP, 4 Dem
Seat Changes '02: 1 (1R)
Facts in Focus:
Minnesota 1982 to 2002

How Minnesota Ranked in 2002
Democracy Index: 1^st Margin of Victory: 16^th Landslide Index: 30^th	Seats-to-Votes Distortion: 6^th Representation Index: 2^nd Voter Participation: 2^nd
For definitions of terms, please see this report's glossary page.

2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

Democracy Index
11.2

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Voter Turnout
58.8%

Representation Index
37.3%

Wasted Votes
36.6%

% of Wasted R / D Votes
32.5 / 36.1

Drop-Off Voters
2.3%

Avg. Margin Of Victory
30.2%

Votes for (R�D�O%)
47-50-3

Seats for (R�D�O%)
50-50-0

Seat Changes
1 (1R)

High % Turnout, District
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Low % Turnout, District
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1992 1994 1996 1998 2000

Democracy Index
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16.3

12.3

9.9

Voter Turnout
71%

52%

63%

59%

66.6%

Representation Index
40.8%

30.3%

38.5%

35.9%

39.4%

Wasted Votes
43%

42%

39%

39%

40.7%

% of Wasted R / D Votes
64 / 17

66 / 18

62 / 18

61 / 16

47.5 / 28.7

Drop-Off Voters
3.1%

1.4%

2.3%

2.5%

3%

Avg. Margin Of Victory
22%

17%

26%

27%

24.8%

Votes for (R�D�O%)
41�52�7

48�51�1

42�55�3

42�53�4

42�52.2�5.7

Seats for (R�D�O%)
25�75�0

25�75�0

25�75�0

25�75�0

38�63�0

Seat Changes
1

2

0

0

1

High % Turnout, District
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60 (6)

77(6)

78 (6)

91.1 (6)

Low % Turnout, District
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45 (5)

57 (5)

50 (5)

64.7 (5)

Results 2002-2010 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

U.S. House (R�D)
4-4

Landslide Index
87.5%

Scale of Competitiveness

Tight: < 5
0

Competitive: 5-10
0

Comfortable: 10-20
1

Landslide: 20-40
5

No Contest: 40+
2

Uncontested
0

Incumbents

Total Running / Total Seats
8 / 8

Re-Election / Total Incumbent
7 / 8

Landslide / Total Incumbent
7 / 8

R. Landslide / R. Incumbent
2 / 2

D. Landslide / D. Incumbent
5 / 6

Untouchable Repeat Landslide
4

Uncontested Primary
8

Elected Women
1

Elected Minorities
0

Results 1992-2000	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000
U.S. House (R�D)	2�6	2�6	2�6	2�6	3�5
Landslide Index	63%	38%	63%	50%	50%
Scale of Competitiveness
Tight: < 5	2	2	0	1	2
Competitive: 5-10	0	1	1	1	0
Opportunity: 10-20	1	2	2	2	2
Landslide: 20-40	4	2	3	2	2
No Contest: 40+	1	1	2	2	2
Uncontested	0	0	0	0	0
Incumbents
Total Running / Total Seats	7 / 8	6 / 8	8 / 8	8 / 8	7 / 8
Re-Election / Total Incumbent	6 / 7	6 / 6	8 / 8	8 / 8	6 / 7
Landslide / Total Incumbent	5 / 7	3 / 6	5 / 8	4 / 8	4 / 7
R. Landslide / R. Incumbent	1 / 1	1 / 1	1 / 2	1 / 2	1 / 4
D. Landslide / D. Incumbent	4 / 6	2 / 5	4 / 6	3 / 6	3 / 3
Untouchable Repeat Landslide	5	3	3	4	4
Uncontested Primary	2	6	8	8	6
Elected Women	0	0	0	0	1
Elected Minorities	0	0	0	0	0

Results 1982-1990	1982	1984	1986	1988	1990
U.S. House (R-D-O)	3�5�0	3�5�0	3�5�0	3�5�0	2�6�0
Landslide Index	50%	75%	75%	75%	88%
Scale of Competitiveness
Tight: < 5	3	0	2	0	0
Competitive: 5-10	1	0	0	1	1
Opportunity: 10-20	0	2	0	1	0
Landslide: 20-40	1	3	1	2	5
No Contest: 40+	3	3	5	4	2
Uncontested	0	0	0	0	0
Incumbents
Total Running / Total Seats	8 / 8	8 / 8	8 / 8	8 / 8	7 / 8
Re-Election / Total Incumbent	6 / 8	8 / 8	8 / 8	8 / 8	6 / 7
Landslide / Total Incumbent	4 / 8	6 / 8	6 / 8	6 / 8	6 / 7
R. Landslide / R. Incumbent	1 / 5	2 / 3	1 / 3	1 / 3	1 / 2
D. Landslide / D. Incumbent	3 / 3	4 / 5	5 / 5	5 / 5	5 / 5
Untouchable Repeat Landslide	3	4	4	5	5
Uncontested Primary	4	2	6	6	6
Elected Women	0	0	0	0	0
Elected Minorities	0	0	0	0	0

Facts in Focus for Minnesota 1982 to 2002
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