2012 United States presidential election in Minnesota

Democratic caucuses Republican caucuses The Republican caucuses were held on February 7, 2012. The events coincided with the Colorado Republican caucuses as well as the Missouri Republican primary. Minnesota has a total of 40 delegates, 37 of which are tied to the caucuses while 3 are unpledged RNC delegates. The non-binding straw poll was won by Rick Santorum, but Ron Paul won 32 of the 40 delegates to the Republican National Convention. Conventions There is no formal system of allocating delegates to candidates in any step of the election process. At each meeting the participants decides what the best course of action is. The state convention can vote to bind the 13 at-large delegates to a candidate. The 24 delegates elected at the CD conventions and the 3 automatic (RNC) delegates are not legally bound to vote for a candidate. • 17 February - 31 March: BPOU conventions elect delegates to the state convention and the congressional district conventions. • 14–21 April: Eight congressional conventions elect 3 National Convention delegates each. • 18–19 May: State convention elect 13 National Convention delegates. ==General election==

Predictions Results By county ;Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican • Aitkin (largest city: Aitkin) • Big Stone (largest city: Ortonville) • Grant (largest city: Elbow Lake) • Lincoln (largest city: Tyler) • Marshall (largest city: Warren) • Murray (largest city: Slayton) • Pennington (largest city: Thief River Falls) • Pine (largest city: Pine City) • Polk (largest city: East Grand Forks) • Pope (largest city: Glenwood) • Red Lake (largest city: Red Lake Falls) • Stevens (largest city: Morris) • Watonwan (largest city: St. James) • Yellow Medicine (largest city: Granite Falls) By congressional district Obama won six of eight congressional districts, including two held by Republicans. Romney won two, including one held by a Democrat. ==See also==