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1876–2024
Isanti County, Minnesota
Isanti County·Minnesota

Isanti County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of Minnesota's sharpest rightward pivots in the exurban north

18762024·38 elections
Isanti County, Minnesota · Myotus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+41
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
42,596
2024 ACS
Most similar
Gilmer County
WV · similarity 1.00
18 precincts · 25,918 votes cast
Trump · R+41
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−41.1%
7,38418,02725,918
2020R
−38.6%
7,13816,49124,235
2016R
−38.0%
5,65713,63521,016
2012R
−18.1%
8,02411,67520,217
2008R
−15.3%
8,24811,32420,053
2004R
−17.1%
7,88311,19019,313
2000R
−9.5%
6,2477,66814,929
1996D
+12.3%
6,0414,45012,955
1992D
+10.5%
5,3863,98813,366
1988D
+7.2%
6,0755,24611,452
1984R
−2.5%
5,3785,66011,117
1980D
+9.0%
5,4574,48010,809
1976D
+30.3%
6,0133,1599,417
1972R
−0.7%
3,6603,7157,634
1968D
+15.9%
3,4392,4296,337
1964D
+34.0%
4,0261,9826,018
1960R
−8.2%
2,5993,0675,694
1956D
+5.2%
2,6052,3484,959
1952R
−5.6%
2,3932,6825,142
1948D
+16.8%
2,7581,9184,994
1944D
+0.4%
2,2252,2054,487
1940D
+0.7%
2,6542,6175,361
1936D
+39.1%
3,4421,4375,123
1932D
+34.1%
3,1471,4844,877
1928R
−44.1%
1,1913,1374,410
1924R
−37.6%
791,5884,016
1920R
−58.5%
4053,0074,450
1916R
−8.1%
9351,1232,331
1912D
+0.9%
3333142,160
1908R
−35.7%
4661,1982,049
1904R
−76.9%
1371,6031,907
1900R
−48.7%
5041,5252,098
1896R
−33.0%
7501,4902,240
1892D
+44.6%
7281051,397
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Mainline Protestant
11.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
4.2%
Other Christian
2.4%
Methodist
0.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.5%
Baptist
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 79.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Isanti County, anchored by small towns along the Rum River corridor northeast of the Twin Cities, has shifted dramatically over two decades from competitive to reliably Republican, tracking a broader rural and exurban realignment across the upper Midwest.

The Republican margin in Isanti County reached its widest at seventy-seven points in 1904. The margin in 2024 was forty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Isanti County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $87,440, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 42,596 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Gilmer County and Lewis County.