Grant County, Minnesota
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 | — | — | Even |
| Barrett Voting District27_270510010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Delaware Twp. Voting District27_270510015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Elbow Lake Twp. Voting District27_270510025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Elbow Lake Voting District27_270510020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Elk Lake Twp. Voting District27_270510030 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Erdahl Twp. Voting District27_270510035 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Gorton Twp. Voting District27_270510040 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Herman Voting District27_270510045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Hoffman Voting District27_270510050 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Land Twp. Voting District27_270510055 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Lawrence Twp. Voting District27_270510060 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Lien Twp. Voting District27_270510065 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Logan Twp. Voting District27_270510070 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Macsville Twp. Voting District27_270510075 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Norcross Voting District27_270510080 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| North Ottawa Twp. Voting District27_270510085 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Pelican Lake Twp. Voting District27_270510090 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Pomme De Terre Twp. Voting District27_270510095 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Roseville Twp. Voting District27_270510100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Sanford Twp. Voting District27_270510105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Stony Brook Twp. Voting District27_270510110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Wendell Voting District27_270510115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −32.6% |
| 1896 | −14.8% |
| 1900 | −37.5% |
| 1904 | −80.3% |
| 1908 | −46.1% |
| 1912 | +15.1% |
| 1916 | −5.6% |
| 1920 | −59.2% |
| 1924 | −45.7% |
| 1928 | −9.8% |
| 1932 | +39.5% |
| 1936 | +19.4% |
| 1940 | −3.2% |
| 1944 | +1.8% |
| 1948 | +13.4% |
| 1952 | −19.5% |
| 1956 | +1.0% |
| 1960 | +2.1% |
| 1964 | +20.5% |
| 1968 | +1.3% |
| 1972 | +4.6% |
| 1976 | +22.8% |
| 1980 | −5.4% |
| 1984 | −6.1% |
| 1988 | +7.0% |
| 1992 | +9.8% |
| 1996 | +14.7% |
| 2000 | −8.2% |
| 2004 | −1.0% |
| 2008 | +5.7% |
| 2012 | −2.9% |
| 2016 | −27.6% |
| 2020 | −26.5% |
| 2024 | −30.5% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
| Year | Total registered |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 4,025 |
| 2018 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 4,130 |
| 2022 | 3,993 |
| 2024 | 4,096 |
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
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.
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Grant County, Minnesota. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/27051/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.