HarrisDemocratic33.5%1,187TrumpRepublican64.0%2,266KennedyIndependent1.6%57
R+30.5- Lead
- 1,079
- Total
- 3,543
- vs nation
- R+29.0
- Turnout
- 76.9%
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Grant County, MN
Contests in this Place (88 available)
President34 · 1892–2024 · 3 mapped
▦ precinct · ▥ counties · ▢ no spatial detail
President margin by year
Place winner margin
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the county’s overall result across 1892–2024.
President results by year
2024 turnout 76.9% of 4,659 citizens 18+
BidenDemocratic35.6%1,300TrumpRepublican62.1%2,269JorgensenLibertarian1.2%43
R+26.5- Lead
- 969
- Total
- 3,654
- vs nation
- R+31.0
- Turnout
- 80.6%
ClintonDemocratic31.8%1,105TrumpRepublican59.4%2,063JohnsonLibertarian4.6%159
R+27.6- Lead
- 958
- Total
- 3,473
- vs nation
- R+29.7
- Turnout
- 76.2%
ObamaDemocratic47.2%1,647RomneyRepublican50.1%1,748GRAYLibertarian1.1%40
R+2.9- Lead
- 101
- Total
- 3,487
- vs nation
- R+6.8
- Turnout
- —
ObamaDemocratic51.3%1,850McCainRepublican45.7%1,646OtherAll other candidates3.0%109
D+5.7- Lead
- 204
- Total
- 3,605
- vs nation
- R+1.6
- Turnout
- —
KerryDemocratic48.6%1,856BushRepublican49.6%1,893OtherAll other candidates1.8%70
R+1.0- Lead
- 37
- Total
- 3,819
- vs nation
- D+1.5
- Turnout
- —
GoreDemocratic41.6%1,507BushRepublican49.8%1,804NaderGreen5.9%214
R+8.2- Lead
- 297
- Total
- 3,624
- vs nation
- R+8.7
- Turnout
- —
ClintonDemocratic50.7%1,806DoleRepublican36.0%1,284PerotReform12.2%434
D+14.7- Lead
- 522
- Total
- 3,562
- vs nation
- D+6.1
- Turnout
- —
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+30.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 6,1272024 5-year
- Population density
- 11 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 548 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $73,9172024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 92.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+39.5 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+80.3 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Yellow Medicine County, MN · twin score 92.5
Turnout and midterm durability
Participation measured against the same-year citizen voting-age population. Audited cycles count total general-election participants — ballots or participating voters, not presidential candidate votes. Cycles before 2016 predate that series and are derived from the certified presidential returns instead; they are marked everywhere they appear and are excluded from the figures below.
2004–20248 cycles · 5 audited
- 2024 turnout
- 76.9%3,583 participants ÷ 4,659 CVAP
- 2020→2022 drop-off
- +16.7 ptsVolatile
- Drop-off vs state
- -3.2 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
- Mechanical 2026
- 60.2%–65.5%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast
Participation by cycle
Presidential Midterm Derived, pre-2016
Select a presidential cycle to show it on the map and results ledger above.
| Cycle | Participants | CVAP | Turnout | Series | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,583 | 4,659 ± 58 | 76.9% | Audited | A/A | |
| 2022Mid | 2,973 | 4,658 ± 45 | 63.8% | Audited | A/A |
| 3,674 | 4,561 ± 36 | 80.6% | Audited | A/A | |
| 2018Mid | 3,198 | 4,565 ± 41 | 70.1% | Audited | A/A |
| 3,517 | 4,618 ± 34 | 76.2% | Audited | A/A | |
| 3,487 | 4,701 | 74.2% | Derived | — | |
| 3,605 | 4,637 | 77.7% | Derived | — | |
| 3,819 | 4,573 extrapolated | 83.5% | Derived | — |
Sources and methods
Audited cycles (2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024) count total general-election participants against the same-year CVAP special tabulation, each cell carrying its own numerator and denominator quality grade. Derived cycles (2004, 2008, 2012) come from the certified presidential returns on this page over the ACS 5-year CVAP series, so they measure presidential votes cast rather than ballots — a floor on participation. Where a derived cycle predates the ACS its denominator is extrapolated rather than read, and says so on its own line below. They are shown for the longer arc and are excluded from the drop-off, excess-drop-off, and 2026 scenario figures above.
- 2024: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:native; allocation share 0.0%; series 311/228.
- 2022: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:native; allocation share 0.0%; series 306/183.
- 2020: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:native; allocation share 0.0%; series 301/2.
- 2018: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:native; allocation share 0.0%; series 297/138.
- 2016: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:native; allocation share 0.0%; series 293/111.
- 2012 (derived): Certified presidential returns · ACS 5-year CVAP (B05003); presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count.
- 2008 (derived): Certified presidential returns · ACS 5-year CVAP (B05003); presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count.
- 2004 (derived): Certified presidential returns · extrapolated CVAP denominator; presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count; 2004 predates the ACS, so the denominator is a linear back-extrapolation from the 2008 and 2012 CVAP values, not a read figure.
Interactive election map
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The map and local result cover Grant County only. The complete contest result is shown below for comparison.
Grant County result
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Bill E Gates J.R. and Leah Harris0—
Kobey J Layne and Paul Ference0—
Mohammad Wazwaz and Murad Alshlool0—
Ole "Viking" Savior and Ashley "Skol" Johnson0—
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Governor contest result
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Precinct data
Results by precinct
46 precincts · 3,543 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -ELBOW LAKEELBOW LAKE | 229 | 401 | 17 | 647 | 35.4% | 62.0% | R+26.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -PELICAN LAKE TWPPELICAN LAKE TWP | 121 | 208 | 7 | 336 | 36.0% | 61.9% | R+25.9 |
| Precinct -HOFFMANHOFFMAN | 108 | 221 | 6 | 335 | 32.2% | 66.0% | R+33.7 |
| Precinct -ERDAHL TWPERDAHL TWP | 111 | 160 | 8 | 279 | 39.8% | 57.3% | R+17.6 |
| Precinct -ASHBYASHBY | 103 | 126 | 4 | 233 | 44.2% | 54.1% | R+9.9 |
| Precinct -ELK LAKE TWPELK LAKE TWP | 60 | 163 | 2 | 225 | 26.7% | 72.4% | R+45.8 |
| Precinct -HERMANHERMAN | 83 | 126 | 6 | 215 | 38.6% | 58.6% | R+20.0 |
| Precinct -BARRETTBARRETT | 57 | 126 | 7 | 190 | 30.0% | 66.3% | R+36.3 |
| Precinct -LAND TWPLAND TWP | 37 | 109 | 3 | 149 | 24.8% | 73.2% | R+48.3 |
| Precinct -SANFORD TWPSANFORD TWP | 32 | 61 | 8 | 101 | 31.7% | 60.4% | R+28.7 |
| Precinct -STONY BROOK TWPSTONY BROOK TWP | 31 | 59 | 6 | 96 | 32.3% | 61.5% | R+29.2 |
| Precinct -ELBOW LAKE TWPELBOW LAKE TWP | 17 | 73 | 1 | 91 | 18.7% | 80.2% | R+61.5 |
| Precinct -POMME DE TERRE TWPPOMME DE TERRE TWP | 13 | 75 | 3 | 91 | 14.3% | 82.4% | R+68.1 |
| Precinct -LIEN TWPLIEN TWP | 27 | 55 | 2 | 84 | 32.1% | 65.5% | R+33.3 |
| Precinct -WENDELLWENDELL | 27 | 50 | 2 | 79 | 34.2% | 63.3% | R+29.1 |
| Precinct -MACSVILLE TWPMACSVILLE TWP | 33 | 35 | 1 | 69 | 47.8% | 50.7% | R+2.9 |
| Precinct -ROSEVILLE TWPROSEVILLE TWP | 18 | 48 | 2 | 68 | 26.5% | 70.6% | R+44.1 |
| Precinct -DELAWARE TWPDELAWARE TWP | 28 | 30 | 2 | 60 | 46.7% | 50.0% | R+3.3 |
| Precinct -LAWRENCE TWPLAWRENCE TWP | 8 | 46 | 0 | 54 | 14.8% | 85.2% | R+70.4 |
| Precinct -GORTON TWPGORTON TWP | 14 | 24 | 2 | 40 | 35.0% | 60.0% | R+25.0 |
| Precinct -LOGAN TWPLOGAN TWP | 13 | 25 | 0 | 38 | 34.2% | 65.8% | R+31.6 |
| Precinct -NORCROSSNORCROSS | 9 | 24 | 0 | 33 | 27.3% | 72.7% | R+45.5 |
| Precinct -NORTH OTTAWA TWPNORTH OTTAWA TWP | 8 | 21 | 1 | 30 | 26.7% | 70.0% | R+43.3 |
| Ashby Voting District27_270510005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Barrett Voting District27_270510010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Delaware Twp. Voting District27_270510015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Elbow Lake Twp. Voting District27_270510025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Elbow Lake Voting District27_270510020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Elk Lake Twp. Voting District27_270510030 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Erdahl Twp. Voting District27_270510035 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Gorton Twp. Voting District27_270510040 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Herman Voting District27_270510045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Hoffman Voting District27_270510050 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Land Twp. Voting District27_270510055 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Lawrence Twp. Voting District27_270510060 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Lien Twp. Voting District27_270510065 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Logan Twp. Voting District27_270510070 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Macsville Twp. Voting District27_270510075 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Norcross Voting District27_270510080 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| North Ottawa Twp. Voting District27_270510085 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Pelican Lake Twp. Voting District27_270510090 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Pomme De Terre Twp. Voting District27_270510095 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Roseville Twp. Voting District27_270510100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Sanford Twp. Voting District27_270510105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Stony Brook Twp. Voting District27_270510110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Wendell Voting District27_270510115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
presidential history
Party record book
Grant County, MN · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
68.7%
2,702 votes · D+39.5
Runner-up · Jimmy Carter, 1976 · 60.5%
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
87.7%
1,209 votes · R+80.3
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 75.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
2,702votes
68.7% of the vote · D+39.5
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 2,631 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1952
2,665votes
59.5% of the vote · R+19.5
Runner-up · Wendell Willkie, 1940 · 2,443 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
George McGovern1972
+27.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+4.6 · U.S. R+23.2
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · +21.7 pts
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
+60.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+80.3 · U.S. R+19.7
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1908 · +36.5 pts
current representation
Current officeholders
RJordan RasmussonState Senate · 9
RJeff BackerState House · 9A
Seats representing Grant County, MN. A county elects none of these itself — they are the members for the 1 congressional, 1 state senate and 1 state house districts it falls inside, so parts of the county are represented by different members.
U.S. House elections · 2 House
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 32.5%1,119 | 67.5%2,324 | 3,443 |
| 2020 | R | 49.1%1,686 | 50.9%1,751 | 3,437 |
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
| Year | Total registered |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 4,025 |
| 2018 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 4,130 |
| 2022 | 3,993 |
| 2024 | 4,096 |
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−52 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −1 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $50,367 in average income, against $78,012 for residents who stayed — 35% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+34.6 on average — 4.1 points more Republican-leaning than Grant County, MN itself (R+30.5).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Douglas County, MN35R+35.0
- Otter Tail County, MN34R+34.1
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Douglas County, MN59
- Otter Tail County, MN38
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 | 0 |
| 2012 | −63 |
| 2013 | +40 |
| 2014 | −39 |
| 2015 | −70 |
| 2016 | +67 |
| 2017 | +2 |
| 2018 | +69 |
| 2019 | −13 |
| 2021 | +78 |
| 2022 | −15 |
| 2023 | +24 |
| 2024 | −29 |
| 2025 | −52 |
Grant County's roughly 6,300 residents are spread across glacially flattened farmland in west-central Minnesota, producing consistently lopsided Republican margins in statewide and federal races that have widened over the past decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 39.5 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 80.3 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 3.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 30.5 points.
A population of 6,127, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,917 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Yellow Medicine County and Lac qui Parle County.
Political twins — counties
The counties whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Yellow Medicine County
Minnesota
92.5twin score
Norwegian ancestry2004 margin12-yr trend≠ Swedish ancestry
Lac qui Parle County
Minnesota
92.1twin score
Norwegian ancestry% unaffiliated12-yr trend≠ % Catholic
Chippewa County
Minnesota
91.6twin score
% unaffiliatedNorwegian ancestry2004–2008 trajectory≠ Swedish ancestry
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Grant County, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Grant County, Minnesota voted Republican by 30.5 points (R+30.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,543 votes cast, 1,187 went Democratic and 2,266 went Republican.
When did Grant County, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Grant County, Minnesota voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Grant County, Minnesota?
Grant County, Minnesota has a population of 6,127 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Grant County, Minnesota?
Median household income in Grant County, Minnesota is $73,917 — below the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Grant County, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Grant County, Minnesota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 19 went Republican.