Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State (OSS)

2016 Precinct Caucus Presidential Preference Results
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 - The filenames given below are used on the ftp site, and the mediafileids are part of the URLs on the Election Night Reporting website. 
 - The files on OSS web and ftp sites contain ASCII text, separated by semicolons. 
 - Information in the supporting files is subject to correction and change up until election day.
 - Election results may change after being reported initially on election night. Caucus results are reported by the parties and are not canvassed or certified by OSS.
 - For questions, contact OSS Elections Division at elections.dept@state.mn.us

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Election Results Files
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Results are formatted in flat files which have one row for each candidate in each geographic area (statewide, or party reporting district).

Presidential Preference Results Statewide (caucussw.txt, mediafileid 95)

	State
	County ID (not applicable)
	Party Reporting District name (not applicable)
	Office ID
	Office Name 
	District or municipal FIPS code (not applicable) 
	Candidate ID
	Candidate Name (First/Last/Suffix all in one field)
	Suffix (not used)
	Incumbent Code (not used)
	Party Abbreviation 
	Number of Party Reporting Districts reporting
	Total number of Party Reporting Districts
	Votes for Candidate
	Percentage of Votes for Candidate out of Total Votes for Office
	Total Votes for Office

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Presidential Preference Results by Party Reporting District (caucuspru.txt, mediafileid 96)

	State
	County ID (not applicable)
	Party Reporting District name
	Office ID
	Office Name 
	District or municipal FIPS code (not applicable) 
	Candidate ID
	Candidate Name (First/Last/Suffix all in one field)
	Suffix (not used)
	Incumbent Code (not used)
	Party Abbreviation
	Results Reported (0 = no results reported, 1 = some or all results reported)
	Total number of Party Reporting Districts (always 1)
	Votes for Candidate
	Percentage of Votes for Candidate out of Total Votes for Office
	Total Votes for Office

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Supporting Tables for Election
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Parties (PartyTbl.txt, mediafileid 5)

	Party Abbreviation
	Party Name 
	Party ID 
	
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Candidates on the Preference Ballot (cand.txt, mediafileid 82)

	Candidate ID
	Candidate Name (First/Last/Suffix all in one field)
	Office ID
	Office Title
	County ID (88 = statewide race or multi-county race)
	Party ID
	Party Abbreviation

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Caucus Precincts by Party Reporting District (Pctrptut.txt, mediafileid 97)

	Party
	County ID
	County Name
	Precinct ID 
	Precinct Name
	Party Reporting District Name
	
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Caucus Precincts (Pct.txt, mediafileid 98)

	County ID
	Precinct ID 
	Precinct Name
	Congressional District 
	Legislative District 
	County Commissioner District 
	Judicial District 
	Soil and Water Conservation District 
	MCD FIPS code
	School District Number (not applicable)