How did Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center vote in the presidential primary?

The March 5 Presidential Nomination Primary compelled just over 6,500 voters in Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center to the polls, choosing Joe Biden and Donald Trump as their preferred candidates in their respective parties for the presidential race in November.

According to unofficial poll data, 63% of Republican voters in Brooklyn Park chose Donald Trump as their preferred candidate on the presidential ballot, while 34% chose hopeful Nikki Haley. Another 2% chose between the other names on the ballot, which included Vivek Ramaswamy, Ron DeSantis, Chris Christie and a “write-in” option.

The majority of Brooklyn Park Democrats chose Joe Biden as their preferred candidate, as poll data shows Biden with 64% of the vote. Additionally, 19% of Brooklyn Park Democrats made use of the “uncommitted” option on the ballot, and 12.6% supported Dean Phillips. Spare votes for Jason Palmer, Eban Cambridge, Marianne Williamson, Frankie Lozada, Gabriel Cornejo, Cenk Uygur, Armando “Mando” Perez-Serrato and the “write-in” option made up the remaining 3% of the ballot.

In Brooklyn Park, about 46% of voters voted on the Republican ballot and 53% voted on the Democratic ballot.

In Brooklyn Center, 70% of Republican voters selected Trump as their preferred candidate, with 25% choosing Haley. The final 4% of the vote chose among the remaining four options on the ballot as their preferred candidate.

Democrats in Brooklyn Center preferred Biden to be on the presidential ticket by a 67% majority. The second-most chosen option was “uncommitted,” with 18.7% of the vote. Phillips took 9.4% of the vote and the final 8% was spread out among the other seven Democratic candidates.

In Brooklyn Center, the majority of voters (56%) voted on the Democratic ballot, and 43% voted on the Republican ballot.

This marked Minnesota’s fifth presidential primary in state history.

Unofficial vote totals were sourced March 6 using preliminary precinct data from the Minnesota Secretary of State.