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1876–2024
Pope County, Minnesota
Pope County·Minnesota

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

A rural lake-country county where Republicans run deep margins

18762024·38 elections
Pope County, Minnesota · McGhiever · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+32
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
11,418
2024 ACS
Most similar
Mercer County
PA · similarity 0.99
30 precincts · 7,218 votes cast
Trump · R+32
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−31.6%
2,3984,6777,218
2020R
−27.6%
2,4774,4177,022
2016R
−26.7%
2,1063,7936,319
2012R
−2.6%
2,9813,1426,246
2008D
+3.8%
3,3173,0696,536
2004R
−0.0%
3,3013,3036,700
2000R
−0.6%
2,7712,8085,987
1996D
+14.7%
2,8031,9925,529
1992D
+12.3%
2,6191,8865,970
1988D
+7.7%
3,0742,6275,776
1984R
−5.2%
2,7573,0645,862
1980R
−10.3%
2,5273,1596,153
1976D
+24.4%
3,7462,2516,127
1972D
+5.3%
2,9102,6105,681
1968D
+1.6%
2,5922,5045,368
1964D
+23.2%
3,5492,2135,764
1960R
−3.0%
2,8833,0625,958
1956R
−2.8%
2,5772,7255,309
1952R
−20.2%
2,3813,5935,988
1948D
+20.8%
3,2512,1145,462
1944D
+3.2%
2,7812,6075,401
1940D
+7.6%
3,2662,8056,090
1936D
+25.4%
3,2001,8695,242
1932D
+35.1%
3,5711,6885,365
1928R
−33.5%
1,6673,3825,114
1924R
−42.6%
1512,0794,531
1920R
−60.7%
7093,4664,540
1916R
−7.7%
1,1211,3212,581
1912D
+2.8%
4433792,279
1908R
−57.9%
4421,7942,334
1904R
−80.1%
1591,7291,961
1900R
−55.7%
4811,7742,322
1896R
−43.2%
6881,7732,514
1892D
+41.7%
1,0372821,809
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
Mainline Protestant
41.9%
Catholic & Orthodox
12.3%
Methodist
1.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.1%
Other Christian
1.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 42.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Pope County's sparse, agriculture-driven population and predominantly white, non-college demographic profile have pushed its presidential margins steadily rightward over the past two decades, reaching R+31.6 in 2024.

The Republican margin in Pope County reached its widest at eighty points in 1904. The margin in 2024 was thirty-two points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Pope County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $76,220, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 11,418 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 Mercer County and Burnett County.