2016 Minnesota precinct and election results shapefile.

## RDH Date retrieval
11/26/2020

## Sources
Election results and precinct shapefile from the Minnesota Secretary of State (https://gisdata.mn.gov/dataset/bdry-electionresults-2012-2020)

## Fields metadata

Vote Column Label Format
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Columns reporting votes follow a standard label pattern. One example is:
G16PREDCli
The first character is G for a general election, P for a primary, C for a caucus, R for a runoff, S for a special.
Characters 2 and 3 are the year of the election.
Characters 4-6 represent the office type (see list below).
Character 7 represents the party of the candidate.
Characters 8-10 are the first three letters of the candidate's last name.

Office Codes
AGR - Commissioner of Agriculture
ATG - Attorney General
AUD - Auditor
COM - Comptroller
COU - City Council Member
DEL - Delegate to the U.S. House
GOV - Governor
H## - U.S. House, where ## is the district number. AL: at large.
HOD - House of Delegates, accompanied by a HOD_DIST column indicating district number
HOR - U.S. House, accompanied by a HOR_DIST column indicating district number
INS - Commissioner of Insurance
LAB - Commissioner of Labor
LTG - Lieutenant Governor
LND - Commissioner of Public Lands
PRE - President
PSC - Public Service Commissioner
PUC - Public Utilities Commissioner
RGT - State University Regent
RRC - Railroad Commissioner
SAC - State Court of Appeals
SOS - Secretary of State
SOV - Senate of Virginia, accompanied by a SOV_DIST column indicating district number
SPI - Superintendent of Public Instruction
SSC - State Supreme Court
TRE - Treasurer
USS - U.S. Senate

Party Codes
D and R will always represent Democrat and Republican, respectively.
See the state-specific notes for the remaining codes used in a particular file; note that third-party candidates may appear on the ballot under different party labels in different states.


## Fields

G16PRERTru - Donald J. Trump (Republican Party)
G16PREDCli - Hillary Clinton (Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party)
G16PRECCas - Darrell L. Castle (Constitution Party)
G16PREMVac - Dan R. Vacek (Legal Marijuana Now Party)
G16PRESKen - Alyson Kennedy (Socialist Workers Party)
G16PREGSte - Jill Stein (Green Party)
G16PREIDeL - Roque De La Fuente (American Delta Party)
G16PREIMcM - Evan McMullin (Independence Party)
G16PRELJoh - Gary Johnson (Libertarian Party)
G16PREOth - Write-in Votes