 Hubert Humphrey akaunza ngwariro yenyika kuhurumende nehurukuro yake pa 1948 Democratic National Convention. Vagari veMinnesota vagara vachivhotera vavhoti veDemocratic kubva muna 1976, kwenguva yakareba kudarika imwe nyika ipi neipi. Minnesota ndiyo nyika bedzi munyika yose isina kuvhotera Ronald Reagan mumakwikwi ake ose ehurumende. Minnesota yakaenda kuDemocratic Party musarudzo dzose dzomutungamiri wenyika kubvira muna 1960, kunze kwa1972, apo yakaitwa naRepublican Richard Nixon. 