Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota
Precinct data
Results by precinct
33 precincts · 2,347 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -0050-5-A UNORG0050-5-A UNORG | 81 | 250 | 1 | 332 | 24.4% | 75.3% | R+50.9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -0044-4-B WABANICA UNORG0044-4-B WABANICA UNORG | 82 | 210 | 3 | 295 | 27.8% | 71.2% | R+43.4 |
| Precinct -0010-1-B BAUDETTE CITY0010-1-B BAUDETTE CITY | 76 | 170 | 5 | 251 | 30.3% | 67.7% | R+37.5 |
| Precinct -0030-3-A UNORG0030-3-A UNORG | 35 | 173 | 6 | 214 | 16.4% | 80.8% | R+64.5 |
| Precinct -0020-2-B BAUDETTE CITY0020-2-B BAUDETTE CITY | 59 | 142 | 2 | 203 | 29.1% | 70.0% | R+40.9 |
| Precinct -0040-4-A WHEELER UNORG0040-4-A WHEELER UNORG | 50 | 132 | 1 | 183 | 27.3% | 72.1% | R+44.8 |
| Precinct -0005-1-A BAUDETTE UNORG0005-1-A BAUDETTE UNORG | 36 | 99 | 0 | 135 | 26.7% | 73.3% | R+46.7 |
| Precinct -0015-2-A GUDRID UNORG0015-2-A GUDRID UNORG | 41 | 90 | 2 | 133 | 30.8% | 67.7% | R+36.8 |
| Precinct -0070-5-C NW ANGLE0070-5-C NW ANGLE | 22 | 92 | 2 | 116 | 19.0% | 79.3% | R+60.3 |
| Precinct -0065-2-C UNORG0065-2-C UNORG | 18 | 69 | 2 | 89 | 20.2% | 77.5% | R+57.3 |
| Precinct -0045-5-B ZIPPEL UNORG0045-5-B ZIPPEL UNORG | 10 | 75 | 2 | 87 | 11.5% | 86.2% | R+74.7 |
| Precinct -0046-4-C N MCDOUGALD UNORG0046-4-C N MCDOUGALD UNORG | 28 | 49 | 1 | 78 | 35.9% | 62.8% | R+26.9 |
| Precinct -0055-3-B WILLIAMS CITY0055-3-B WILLIAMS CITY | 23 | 45 | 1 | 69 | 33.3% | 65.2% | R+31.9 |
| Precinct -0035-3-D FOREST UNORG0035-3-D FOREST UNORG | 11 | 55 | 1 | 67 | 16.4% | 82.1% | R+65.7 |
| Precinct -0031-3-C S MCDOUGALD UNORG0031-3-C S MCDOUGALD UNORG | 19 | 32 | 4 | 55 | 34.5% | 58.2% | R+23.6 |
| Precinct -0080-3-E BAUDETTE CITY0080-3-E BAUDETTE CITY | 13 | 27 | 0 | 40 | 32.5% | 67.5% | R+35.0 |
| 1-A Baudette Unorg. Voting District27_270770005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| 1-B Baudette City Voting District27_270770010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| 2-A Gudrid Unorg. Voting District27_270770015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| 2-B Baudette City Voting District27_270770020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| 2-C Unorg. Voting District27_270770065 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| 3-A Unorg. Voting District27_270770030 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| 3-B Williams City Voting District27_270770055 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| 3-C S McDougald Unorg. Voting District27_270770031 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| 3-D Forest Unorg. Voting District27_270770035 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| 3-E Baudette City Voting District27_270770080 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| 4-A Wheeler Unorg. Voting District27_270770040 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| 4-B Wabanica Unorg. Voting District27_270770044 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| 4-C N McDougald Unorg. Voting District27_270770046 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| 5-A Unorg. Voting District27_270770050 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| 5-B Zippel Unorg. Voting District27_270770045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| 5-C NW Angle Voting District27_270770070 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| 5-D Roosevelt Voting District27_270770075 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
Presidential margin, 1924–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1924 | −37.1% |
| 1928 | −7.3% |
| 1932 | +38.5% |
| 1936 | +57.6% |
| 1940 | +31.2% |
| 1944 | +29.0% |
| 1948 | +35.9% |
| 1952 | +10.8% |
| 1956 | +18.3% |
| 1960 | +11.4% |
| 1964 | +44.0% |
| 1968 | +17.2% |
| 1972 | −13.0% |
| 1976 | +17.7% |
| 1980 | −14.4% |
| 1984 | −13.9% |
| 1988 | −10.3% |
| 1992 | +1.5% |
| 1996 | +3.7% |
| 2000 | −16.8% |
| 2004 | −21.1% |
| 2008 | −13.3% |
| 2012 | −20.0% |
| 2016 | −44.0% |
| 2020 | −42.9% |
| 2024 | −47.1% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
| Year | Total registered |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 2,565 |
| 2018 | 2,452 |
| 2020 | 2,717 |
| 2022 | 2,779 |
| 2024 | 2,845 |
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+3 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −169 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $53,016 in average income, against $76,431 for residents who stayed — 31% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
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 | −12 |
| 2012 | −47 |
| 2013 | −32 |
| 2014 | −18 |
| 2015 | −2 |
| 2016 | −79 |
| 2017 | −55 |
| 2018 | +20 |
| 2019 | +13 |
| 2021 | +74 |
| 2022 | +64 |
| 2023 | −97 |
| 2024 | −1 |
| 2025 | +3 |
With just over 4,500 residents spread across a remote lakeland border with Canada, Lake of the Woods County has delivered some of Minnesota's widest presidential margins, reflecting a pattern of lopsided Republican preference common to the state's sparsely populated north woods.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 57.6 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 47.1 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 4.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 47.1 points.
A population of 3,821, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,546 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Griggs County and Miner County.
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Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/27077/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.