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1876–2024
Wright County, Minnesota
Wright County·Minnesota

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

Exurban Twin Cities county that has swung sharply rightward over two decades

18762024·38 elections
Wright County, Minnesota · Myotus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+29
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
148,269
2024 ACS
Most similar
Sherburne County
MN · similarity 1.00
51 precincts · 90,038 votes cast
Trump · R+29
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−29.2%
30,88357,21090,038
2020R
−28.6%
28,43051,97382,426
2016R
−33.0%
20,33443,27469,618
2012R
−21.7%
25,74140,46667,816
2008R
−17.4%
26,34337,77965,578
2004R
−22.8%
22,61836,17659,534
2000R
−16.4%
16,76223,86143,366
1996D
+6.6%
15,54213,22434,874
1992D
+2.3%
12,46511,65035,160
1988R
−2.7%
14,17714,98729,543
1984R
−10.4%
12,48615,39928,090
1980D
+0.3%
12,38312,29326,991
1976D
+17.3%
13,3799,31423,464
1972R
−6.7%
8,6959,99619,386
1968D
+15.7%
8,7936,32115,753
1964D
+22.6%
8,6875,47614,185
1960R
−5.3%
6,4527,18013,658
1956R
−18.9%
4,9447,25712,213
1952R
−29.7%
4,3738,08912,524
1948R
−0.6%
5,5235,58911,297
1944R
−30.7%
3,6786,96110,711
1940R
−34.8%
3,9938,29712,377
1936D
+11.2%
5,3634,08711,351
1932D
+35.1%
7,2053,40610,830
1928R
−14.4%
4,4836,01110,626
1924R
−41.3%
5674,3499,151
1920R
−64.8%
1,2997,0138,820
1916R
−8.2%
2,2622,6835,136
1912D
+11.5%
1,3338374,309
1908R
−32.1%
1,3962,8204,442
1904R
−54.8%
8603,1834,242
1900R
−24.4%
1,8883,1535,193
1896R
−20.4%
2,1723,3125,579
1892D
+9.5%
2,2711,8294,677
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%
African American
1.8%
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
Catholic & Orthodox
25.5%
Mainline Protestant
13.4%
Other Christian
3.0%
Methodist
1.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.3%
Non-Christian
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Once a swing-county on Minneapolis's outer fringe, Wright has trended decisively Republican as population growth drew working-class and middle-income households outward from the metro core, producing a 2024 margin of R+29.2.

The Republican margin in Wright County reached its widest at sixty-five points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was twenty-nine points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Wright County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $107,209, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 148,269 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 Sherburne County and Sweetwater County.