Faribault-Northfield, MN · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain, and this place is a single county: Rice County, Minnesota. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Faribault-Northfield, MN, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Faribault-Northfield, MN
Year
Total registered
2016
38,696
2018
38,169
2020
41,465
2022
40,597
2024
43,248
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+13 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −580 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Faribault-Northfield, MN in Faribault-Northfield, MN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−211
2012
−367
2013
−127
2014
−107
2015
−123
2016
−35
2017
−63
2018
−53
2019
−25
2021
+80
2022
+253
2023
+18
2024
+167
2025
+13
Northfield's two private colleges—Carleton and St. Olaf—inject a younger, more educated demographic into a metro that nonetheless returned a double-digit Republican presidential margin in 2024, reflecting the dominant rural and small-city vote share surrounding it.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.5 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 51.2 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.5 points.
A population of 67,917, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $83,181 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Mankato, MN and Austin, MN.
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How did Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota voted Republican by 2.5 points (R+2.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 36,412 votes cast, 17,353 went Democratic and 18,264 went Republican.
When did Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota?
Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota has a population of 67,917 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota?
Median household income in Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota is $83,181 — above the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 19 went Republican.
