2016 Minnesota Election Results

This page last updated: 11/15/2016
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2016 Minnesota Election Results

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2. Data Quality Information
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4. Spatial Reference Information
5. Entity and Attribute Information
6. Distribution Information
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Section 1	Identification Information			Top of page
Originator	Minnesota Secretary of State Elections Division
Title	2016 Minnesota Election Results
Abstract	This is a polygon data set showing the 2016 Minnesota Election Results by precinct
Purpose	Developed by Minnesota Secretary of State Elections Division for the 2016 election
Time Period of Content Date	2016
Currentness Reference	This file contains historic 2016 Minnesota Election Results by precincts
Progress	Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency	None planned
Spatial Extent of Data	State of Minnesota
Bounding Coordinates	-97.5 -89.0 49.5 43.0
Place Keywords	Minnesota, MN
Theme Keywords	Minnesota Voting Districts Minnesota Precincts Precincts MN Precincts Voting Districts vtds 2016 Election Election Results
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
Access Constraints	None
Use Constraints	None
Contact Person Information	Lee Meilleur, Director LCC-GIS Office 100 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Suite 55 St. Paul, MN 55155 Phone: 651-296-0098 FAX: 651-297-3699 E-mail:
Browse Graphic	View a sample of the data.
Browse Graphic File Description	Statewide view
Associated Data Sets
Section 2	Data Quality Information		Top of full metadata	Top of page
Attribute Accuracy
Logical Consistency
Completeness	Complete statewide for the 2016 election
Horizontal Positional Accuracy
Lineage
Source Scale Denominator
Section 3	Spatial Data Organization Information		Top of full metadata	Top of page
Native Data Set Environment
Geographic Reference for Tabular Data
Spatial Object Type	Vector
Vendor Specific Object Types	arc, polygon
Tiling Scheme	State
Section 4	Spatial Reference Information		Top of full metadata	Top of page
Horizontal Coordinate Scheme	UTM
Ellipsoid	GRS80
Horizontal Datum	NAD83
Horizontal Units	Meters
Distance Resolution
UTM Zone Number	15
Map Projection Name	Transverse Mercator
Section 5	Entity and Attribute Information		Top of full metadata	Top of page
Entity and Attribute Overview	PCTNAME Precinct Name PCTCODE Precinct Number (unique within county) MCDNAME Name of Municipality or Unorganized Territory COUNTYNAME County Name COUNTYCODE County Number CONGDIST US Represenative (Congressional) District MNSENDIST MN Senate District MNLEGDIST MN Legislative District CTYCOMDIST County Commissioner District JUDDIST Judicial District SWCDIST Soil and Water Conservation District PARKDIST Park District HOSPDIST Hospital District WARD City Ward TABSYSTEM Vote Tabulating System TABMODEL Vote Tabulating Equipment used for precinct MAILBALLOT Precincts using mail balloting REG7AM Number of voters registered in precinct as of 7AM on election day (pre-registered voters) EDR Number of voters registering in the polling place on election day SIGNATURES Number of people voting in person (signatures on roster) REGMILOVAB Regular, and Uniformed and Overseas Citizens absentee ballots accepted FEDONLYAB Absentee ballots with federal offices only accepted (by citizens who are permanently or indefinitely overseas) PRESONLYAB Absentee ballots cast for president only (by people who moved out of Minnesota within 30 days of the election) TOTVOTING Number of voters casting ballots USPRSR US President Republican Party candidate votes USPRSDFL US President Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate votes USPRSLIB US President Libertarian Party candidate votes USPRSSWP US President Socialist Workers Party candidate votes USPRSCP US President Constitution Party candidate votes USPRSCG US President Constitutional Government Party candidate votes USPRSGP US President Green Party candidate votes USPRSGR US President Grassroots Party candidate votes USPRSSL US President Socialism and Liberation Party candidate votes USPRSJP US President Justice Party candidate votes USPRSWI US President Write In candidate votes--includes registered and non-registered write-ins USPRSTOTAL US President total votes USSENIP US Senator Independence Party candidate votes USSENR US Senator Republican Party candidate votes USSENDFL US Senator Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate votes USSENGR US Senator Grassroots Party candidate votes USSENMOP US Senator Minnesota Open Progressives Party candidate votes USSENWI US Senator Write In candidate votes--includes registered and non-registered write-ins USSENTOTAL US Senator total votes USREPIP US Representative Independence Party candidate votes USREPR US Representative Republican Party candidate votes USREPDFL US Representative Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate votes USREPWI US Representative Write In candidate votes--includes registered and non-registered write-ins USREPTOTAL US Representative total votes MNSENIP MN Senator Independence Party candidate votes MNSENR MN Senator Republican Party candidate votes MNSENDFL MN Senator Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate votes MNSENWI MN Senator Write In candidate votes--includes registered and non-registered write-ins MNSENTOTAL MN Senator total votes MNLEGIP MN Representative Independence Party candidate votes MNLEGR MN Representative Republican Party candidate votes MNLEGDFL MN Representative Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate votes MNLEGWI MN Representative Write In candidate votes--includes registered and non-registered write-ins MNLEGTOTAL MN Representative total votes MNCA1YES Constitutional Amendment 1 (Marriage) Yes votes MNCA1NO Constitutional Amendment 1 (Marriage) No votes MNCA1EST Constitutional Amendment 1 (Marriage) Estimated Blanks MNCA1TOTAL Constitutional Amendment 1 (Marriage) Total votes (=TOTVOTING) MNCA2YES Constitutional Amendment 2 (Voter ID) Yes votes MNCA2NO Constitutional Amendment 2 (Voter ID) No votes MNCA2EST Constitutional Amendment 2 (Voter ID) Estimated Blanks MNCA2TOTAL Constitutional Amendment 2 (Voter ID) Total votes (=TOTVOTING)
Entity and Attribute Detailed Citation
Section 6	Distribution Information		Top of full metadata	Top of page
Publisher	LCC-GIS Office
Publication Date	12/22/2016
Contact Person Information	Lee Meilleur Director LCC-GIS 100 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Suite 55 St. Paul, MN 55155 Phone: 651-296-0098 FAX: 651-297-3699 E-mail:
Distributor's Data Set Identifier	elec2016
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Section 7	Metadata Reference Information		Top of full metadata	Top of page
Metadata Date	12/22/2016
Contact Person Information	Lee Meilleur, Director LCC-GIS 100 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Suite 55 St. Paul, MN 55155 Phone: 651-296-0098 FAX: 651-297-3699 E-mail:
Metadata Standard Name	Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines
Metadata Standard Version	1.2
Metadata Standard Online Linkage	http://www.lmic.state.mn.us/gc/stds/metadata.htm