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1876–2024
Le Sueur County, Minnesota
Le Sueur County·Minnesota

Le Sueur County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

A rural Minnesota county where the presidential margin has widened each cycle since 2012

18762024·38 elections
Le Sueur County, Minnesota · Bobak Ha'Eri · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+34
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
29,113
2024 ACS
Most similar
Mille Lacs County
MN · similarity 1.00
25 precincts · 17,466 votes cast
Trump · R+34
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−33.6%
5,63511,50317,466
2020R
−30.3%
5,67210,77516,818
2016R
−30.5%
4,6239,18214,971
2012R
−6.5%
6,7537,71514,795
2008R
−4.3%
6,9947,63615,009
2004R
−8.9%
6,4667,74614,424
2000R
−6.3%
5,3616,13812,331
1996D
+13.9%
5,4573,90211,209
1992D
+6.7%
4,6623,85811,954
1988R
−0.0%
5,4105,41510,925
1984R
−8.6%
5,0706,03311,151
1980R
−2.7%
5,1615,47811,625
1976D
+17.5%
6,5564,56511,381
1972R
−6.5%
4,7255,38810,262
1968D
+9.4%
5,0944,1899,581
1964D
+31.4%
6,1173,1919,325
1960D
+8.4%
5,2344,4269,670
1956R
−17.1%
3,5565,0268,599
1952R
−26.6%
3,3485,7769,140
1948D
+11.7%
4,8903,8588,828
1944R
−15.1%
3,3584,5607,967
1940R
−19.3%
3,7505,5439,313
1936D
+25.1%
5,0772,8498,865
1932D
+46.4%
5,8782,1218,100
1928D
+15.1%
4,6153,4018,054
1924R
−19.7%
1,1992,4756,481
1920R
−36.0%
1,8534,0596,130
1916D
+9.0%
1,7231,4303,258
1912D
+16.9%
1,4888863,554
1908R
−3.2%
1,6991,8193,801
1904R
−23.7%
1,2512,0863,524
1900R
−2.1%
1,8581,9413,960
1896R
−5.3%
2,0032,2354,369
1892R
−9.7%
1,4651,8213,687
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%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
Catholic & Orthodox
24.0%
Mainline Protestant
19.4%
Other Christian
2.4%
Methodist
1.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Le Sueur sits in south-central Minnesota's agricultural belt, where a decades-long shift away from competitive presidential results has left the 2024 margin at R+33.6 — roughly double what it was a decade prior.

The Republican margin in Le Sueur County reached its widest at thirty-six points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was thirty-four points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Le Sueur County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $94,968, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 29,113 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 Mille Lacs County and Wabasha County.