Faribault County, Minnesota
Precinct data
Results by precinct
66 precincts · 7,761 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -WELLSWELLS | 384 | 758 | 23 | 1,165 | 33.0% | 65.1% | R+32.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -WINNEBAGOWINNEBAGO | 178 | 479 | 11 | 668 | 26.6% | 71.7% | R+45.1 |
| Precinct -BLUE EARTH W-2BLUE EARTH W-2 | 234 | 398 | 19 | 651 | 35.9% | 61.1% | R+25.2 |
| Precinct -BLUE EARTH W-3BLUE EARTH W-3 | 183 | 364 | 17 | 564 | 32.4% | 64.5% | R+32.1 |
| Precinct -BLUE EARTH W-1BLUE EARTH W-1 | 211 | 340 | 6 | 557 | 37.9% | 61.0% | R+23.2 |
| Precinct -MINNESOTA LAKEMINNESOTA LAKE | 128 | 257 | 10 | 395 | 32.4% | 65.1% | R+32.7 |
| Precinct -ELMOREELMORE | 65 | 175 | 5 | 245 | 26.5% | 71.4% | R+44.9 |
| Precinct -KIESTERKIESTER | 114 | 127 | 4 | 245 | 46.5% | 51.8% | R+5.3 |
| Precinct -VERONA TWPVERONA TWP | 46 | 180 | 5 | 231 | 19.9% | 77.9% | R+58.0 |
| Precinct -BLUE EARTH TWPBLUE EARTH TWP | 56 | 145 | 6 | 207 | 27.1% | 70.0% | R+43.0 |
| Precinct -DELAVAN TWPDELAVAN TWP | 39 | 145 | 2 | 186 | 21.0% | 78.0% | R+57.0 |
| Precinct -BRICELYNBRICELYN | 79 | 101 | 5 | 185 | 42.7% | 54.6% | R+11.9 |
| Precinct -FOSTER TWPFOSTER TWP | 56 | 115 | 0 | 171 | 32.7% | 67.3% | R+34.5 |
| Precinct -DUNBAR TWPDUNBAR TWP | 27 | 136 | 4 | 167 | 16.2% | 81.4% | R+65.3 |
| Precinct -BARBER TWPBARBER TWP | 35 | 122 | 0 | 157 | 22.3% | 77.7% | R+55.4 |
| Precinct -CLARK TWPCLARK TWP | 34 | 114 | 3 | 151 | 22.5% | 75.5% | R+53.0 |
| Precinct -JO DAVIESS TWPJO DAVIESS TWP | 42 | 105 | 3 | 150 | 28.0% | 70.0% | R+42.0 |
| Precinct -EMERALD TWPEMERALD TWP | 38 | 97 | 8 | 143 | 26.6% | 67.8% | R+41.3 |
| Precinct -KIESTER TWPKIESTER TWP | 53 | 87 | 3 | 143 | 37.1% | 60.8% | R+23.8 |
| Precinct -WALNUT LAKE TWPWALNUT LAKE TWP | 22 | 95 | 3 | 120 | 18.3% | 79.2% | R+60.8 |
| Precinct -FROSTFROST | 28 | 89 | 1 | 118 | 23.7% | 75.4% | R+51.7 |
| Precinct -PRESCOTT TWPPRESCOTT TWP | 32 | 86 | 0 | 118 | 27.1% | 72.9% | R+45.8 |
| Precinct -BRUSH CREEK TWPBRUSH CREEK TWP | 30 | 85 | 2 | 117 | 25.6% | 72.6% | R+47.0 |
| Precinct -EASTONEASTON | 41 | 73 | 2 | 116 | 35.3% | 62.9% | R+27.6 |
| Precinct -MINNESOTA LAKE TWPMINNESOTA LAKE TWP | 29 | 80 | 2 | 111 | 26.1% | 72.1% | R+45.9 |
| Precinct -ELMORE TWPELMORE TWP | 27 | 76 | 3 | 106 | 25.5% | 71.7% | R+46.2 |
| Precinct -LURA TWPLURA TWP | 36 | 60 | 4 | 100 | 36.0% | 60.0% | R+24.0 |
| Precinct -DELAVANDELAVAN | 23 | 74 | 2 | 99 | 23.2% | 74.7% | R+51.5 |
| Precinct -SEELY TWPSEELY TWP | 27 | 69 | 3 | 99 | 27.3% | 69.7% | R+42.4 |
| Precinct -WINNEBAGO TWPWINNEBAGO TWP | 22 | 70 | 2 | 94 | 23.4% | 74.5% | R+51.1 |
| Precinct -PILOT GROVE TWPPILOT GROVE TWP | 12 | 61 | 3 | 76 | 15.8% | 80.3% | R+64.5 |
| Precinct -ROME TWPROME TWP | 11 | 62 | 1 | 74 | 14.9% | 83.8% | R+68.9 |
| Precinct -WALTERSWALTERS | 10 | 22 | 0 | 32 | 31.3% | 68.8% | R+37.5 |
| Barber Twp. Voting District27_270430005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Blue Earth Twp. Voting District27_270430025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Blue Earth W-127_270430010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Blue Earth W-227_270430015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Blue Earth W-327_270430020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Bricelyn Voting District27_270430030 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Brush Creek Twp. Voting District27_270430035 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Clark Twp. Voting District27_270430040 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Delavan Twp. Voting District27_270430050 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Delavan Voting District27_270430045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Dunbar Twp. Voting District27_270430055 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Easton Voting District27_270430060 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Elmore Twp. Voting District27_270430070 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Elmore Voting District27_270430065 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Emerald Twp. Voting District27_270430075 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Foster Twp. Voting District27_270430080 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Frost Voting District27_270430085 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Jo Daviess Twp. Voting District27_270430090 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Kiester Twp. Voting District27_270430100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Kiester Voting District27_270430095 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Lura Twp. Voting District27_270430105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Minnesota Lake Twp. Voting District27_270430115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Minnesota Lake Voting District27_270430110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Pilot Grove Twp. Voting District27_270430120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Prescott Twp. Voting District27_270430125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Rome Twp. Voting District27_270430130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Seely Twp. Voting District27_270430135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Verona Twp. Voting District27_270430140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Walnut Lake Twp. Voting District27_270430145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Walters Voting District27_270430150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Wells Voting District27_270430155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Winnebago Twp. Voting District27_270430165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Winnebago Voting District27_270430160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −26.8% |
| 1896 | −46.0% |
| 1900 | −47.9% |
| 1904 | −60.7% |
| 1908 | −34.0% |
| 1912 | +15.7% |
| 1916 | −30.0% |
| 1920 | −74.8% |
| 1924 | −50.9% |
| 1928 | −39.3% |
| 1932 | +5.0% |
| 1936 | +18.6% |
| 1940 | −24.8% |
| 1944 | −23.0% |
| 1948 | +6.4% |
| 1952 | −42.5% |
| 1956 | −31.8% |
| 1960 | −23.7% |
| 1964 | +10.5% |
| 1968 | −12.8% |
| 1972 | −29.4% |
| 1976 | −4.9% |
| 1980 | −24.7% |
| 1984 | −17.4% |
| 1988 | −11.0% |
| 1992 | −1.1% |
| 1996 | +6.6% |
| 2000 | −8.5% |
| 2004 | −11.8% |
| 2008 | −5.6% |
| 2012 | −9.0% |
| 2016 | −33.8% |
| 2020 | −33.6% |
| 2024 | −37.3% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
| Year | Total registered |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 8,749 |
| 2018 | 8,413 |
| 2020 | 8,959 |
| 2022 | 8,683 |
| 2024 | 9,104 |
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+18 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −320 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $48,448 in average income, against $71,333 for residents who stayed — 32% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+15.9 on average — 21 points more Democratic-leaning than Faribault County, MN itself (R+37.3).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Blue Earth County, MN53R+1.2
- Martin County, MN33R+39.6
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Blue Earth County, MN50
- Martin County, MN39
- Freeborn County, MN24
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | +24 |
| 2012 | −224 |
| 2013 | −27 |
| 2014 | +25 |
| 2015 | −86 |
| 2016 | −93 |
| 2017 | −58 |
| 2018 | +9 |
| 2019 | −69 |
| 2021 | +87 |
| 2022 | +90 |
| 2023 | −6 |
| 2024 | −10 |
| 2025 | +18 |
Faribault County, anchored by the small city of Blue Earth, has shifted decisively toward Republican presidential candidates over the past decade, posting a 37-point margin in 2024 despite a dwindling population that has trended older and more agricultural.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 18.6 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 74.8 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 3.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 37.3 points.
A population of 13,914, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,815 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Yellow Medicine County and Lincoln County.
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Faribault County, Minnesota. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/27043/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.