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Minnesota Remote vs Clicker vs Controller vs Channel Changer Map
This map compares regional and family names for the thing people use to control the TV from the couch, including remote, clicker, controller, channel changer, zapper, flipper, and other local names. This Minnesota page focuses on county-level results inside the state.
Current result: Minnesota is leaning Flipper on the Remote vs Clicker vs Controller vs Channel Changer Map, with 29% of 17 verified votes.
Prompt: What do you call the thing you use to control the TV from the couch?
Answer options: Remote / remote control / Clicker / Controller / Channel changer / Zapper / Flipper / Other local name.
Open the interactive map to vote once and compare national, state, and county results.
Last updated from verified vote data: Jun 15, 2026, 6:02 AM EDT.
Minnesota Results Snapshot
- Remote / remote control: 2 verified votes (12%)
- Clicker: 3 verified votes (18%)
- Controller: 2 verified votes (12%)
- Channel changer: 2 verified votes (12%)
- Zapper: 1 verified votes (5.9%)
- Flipper: 5 verified votes (29%)
- Other local name: 2 verified votes (12%)
County Results in Minnesota
These counties currently have the most verified votes in Minnesota.
- McLeod County County: 2 verified votes, Remote / remote control leads with 50%
- Big Stone County County: 1 verified votes, Controller leads with 100%
- Blue Earth County County: 1 verified votes, Clicker leads with 100%
- Brown County County: 1 verified votes, Channel changer leads with 100%
- Douglas County County: 1 verified votes, Flipper leads with 100%
- Grant County County: 1 verified votes, Flipper leads with 100%
- Jackson County County: 1 verified votes, Other local name leads with 100%
- Lake of the Woods County County: 1 verified votes, Controller leads with 100%
- Le Sueur County County: 1 verified votes, Clicker leads with 100%
- Nobles County County: 1 verified votes, Remote / remote control leads with 100%
What This Map Compares
This page is meant to answer common regional comparisons for remote vs clicker vs controller vs channel changer map.
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Worth Knowing
Clicker is not just random slang: early TV remotes could make an actual clicking sound, which helped the nickname stick in some families and regions.
How The Map Works
Votes use browser location or ZIP backup, are grouped by national, state, and county result maps, and are live self-selected responses rather than a scientific poll. Exact GPS is not stored in public results.
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